Enrollment
330
High
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051137000852
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL
533 EAST MAIN, PIGGOTT, AR 72454 · (870) 598-3815 · Clay County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
209 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 39 | 12% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
16.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.6% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 19.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 330 | 63.3% | 20.3% |
| ACORN HIGH SCHOOL MENA | 281 | 64.8% | 35.7% |
| BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOL BISMARCK | 317 | 62.5% | 43.4% |
| SALEM HIGH SCHOOL SALEM | 376 | 59.6% | 41.4% |
| TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL TUCKERMAN | 288 | 63.9% | 54.6% |
| ATKINS HIGH SCHOOL ATKINS | 317 | 67.8% | 29.1% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #222 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #104 of 132 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #252 of 280 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #158 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.5:1 | #73 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #223 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #145 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #25 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
330
-56 (-15%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 330 | 50.4 | 6.5:1 | 63% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 54.5 | 6.3:1 | 58% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 48.9 | 7.4:1 | 49% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 45% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 36.9 | 11.2:1 | 37% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 46% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 47% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 37% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 17 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL.
About PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in PIGGOTT, Arkansas. It teaches 330 students in grades 7 through 12. That is 35% below the average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 2 schools and 814 students, including PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL is 94% White. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Clay County overall, the White share is about 94%. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL lists 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 6.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas is 2.3 students per teacher. About 63% of students at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Clay County is close, at 62%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL is among the bottom 10% of schools in Arkansas. Predicted: 36.3%. Actual: 20.3%.
The school's county is Clay County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $51,481, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clay County's 7 public schools enroll about 2,244 students and include PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL.
About 0.3 miles separate PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 15% across 4 years, from 386 in 2020-21 to 330 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 6.5:1 in 2024-25.
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,280
Census ACS
Median income
$51,481
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,244 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
Nearby schools
- PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 484
- HOLCOMB ELEM.8.9 mi · 235
- HOLCOMB HIGH9.0 mi · 194
- CAMPBELL HIGH10.1 mi · 235
- CAMPBELL ELEM.10.1 mi · 312
- RECTOR HIGH SCHOOL10.3 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 330 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 6.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
At PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.