PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL

Set in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized secondary school, part of PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 688 students across grades 10 through 12. That puts it 35% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

Across the 7 schools in PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,896 students total), PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). The wider county runs roughly 57% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 22.3%; PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL posts 6.9%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $51,096, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students).

The closest other public school is FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 16.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 44%, going from 1,220 students in 2018 to 688 in 2025.

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