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Enrollment
688
High
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050002600867
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL
711 WEST 11TH, PINE BLUFF, AR 71602 · (870) 543-4300 · Jefferson County
GRADES 10–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
688 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 10 | 236 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 260 | 38% |
| Grade 12 | 192 | 28% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
8.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.5% |
| 2023-24 | 7.8% |
% 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
6.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% 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 PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (6.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL this school | 688 | 100.0% | 6.3% |
| FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 563 | 100.0% | 12.4% |
| THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 897 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WEST HELENA | 439 | 94.5% | 10.0% |
| BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 369 | 100.0% | 10.9% |
| LEE HIGH SCHOOL MARIANNA | 281 | 100.0% | 10.7% |
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 PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #268 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #275 of 280 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #59 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #225 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #241 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #4 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.6% | #4 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
688
-204 (-23%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,476
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 688 | 48.7 | 14.1:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 73.9 | 10.6:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 56.6 | 10.3:1 | 100% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 892 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 100% (892) |
| 2017-18 | 1,220 | 89.9 | 13.6:1 | 58% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 1,226 | 85 | 14.4:1 | 100% (1,226) |
| 2010-11 | 1,001 | 67 | 14.9:1 | 65% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 1,315 | 97 | 13.6:1 | 42% (557) |
| 1990-91 | 1,476 | 79 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL.
About PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, reachable at (870) 543-4300. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 688 students in grades 10 through 12. The average for high schools in Arkansas is about 510 students, so this school is 35% bigger than average.
PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 7 schools, PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL included, with 2,896 students in all.
The large majority of students at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, 96%, are Black. The school's Black share is 39 points above the 57% share among Jefferson County residents. PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL was 14.1:1. Among high schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 8.8:1. PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL falls short of its prediction by 16.4 points. The model expects 22.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Arkansas; the school's rate is 6.3%.
In Jefferson County (population about 64,802), median household income is about $51,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. A total of 28 public schools operate in Jefferson County, serving about 8,520 students.
The school nearest to PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 18.3%; PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL's is 6.3%, ranking 8th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL had 892 students in 2020-21 and 688 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOLElementary · 204 students
Other schools in PINE BLUFF
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- WATSON CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 593 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFFElementary · 469 students
- COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
Nearby schools
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF0.5 mi · 245
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 283
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 610
- FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOL1.7 mi · 204
- THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 399
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF2.2 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL?
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 688 students in grades 10-12.
Is PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 10-12.
How many students per teacher at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL?
At PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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