Hughes School District

Hughes School District 27 was a public school district based in Hughes, Arkansas, United States until it closed in Summer 2015 due to declining enrollment.[1]

The school district encompassed 226.21 square miles (585.9 km2) of land in St. Francis County and Crittenden County.[2] It included Hughes, Horseshoe Lake, and the St. Francis County section of Jennette.[3][4]

History

Under Arkansas law the state can forcefully merge a school district which has fewer than 350 total students for a consecutive period of two years with another school district. The Hughes district had, in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, 348 students and 344 students, making it eligible to be merged. In the 2014-2015 school year the Hughes district created a petition asking for a consolidation with the Forrest City School District, but the Forrest City district stopped supporting the petition. On April 9, 2015, the Arkansas Board of Education voted to consolidate the Hughes district with the West Memphis School District.[5]

Schools

The schools' mascot and athletic emblem was the Blue Devil with royal blue and white as the school colors.

  • Mildred Jackson Elementary School, served prekindergarten through grade 6.
  • Hughes High School, served grades 7 through 12.

References

  1. ↑ "Hughes Arkansas Schools ordered to merge with West Memphis School District". WREG.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Hughes School District". USA.com. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): St. Francis County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-05-14. Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015
  4. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Crittenden County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-05-14. Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015
  5. ↑ "Ed Board votes to consolidate Hughes, West Memphis districts". Arkansas News. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
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