Hughes High School (HHS) was an accredited comprehensive public middle and high school located in

Hughes, Arkansas Hughes is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,441 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, a decline from 1,867 in 2000. Geography According to the United States Census B ...

, a part of the

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. The school district encompassed of land in St. Francis County and Crittenden County. It ...

, until its entire school district was closed due to declining enrollment in 2015. The Hughes High School mascot for academic and athletic teams was the '' Blue Devil'' with royal blue and white serving as the school colors. As the only high school of its district, it served the following places in St. Francis and Crittenden counties: Hughes, Horseshoe Lake, and the St. Francis County section of Jennette. Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015 Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015

History

The Hughes School District was closed due to declining enrollment in 2015. The students were consolidated with the

West Memphis School District West Memphis School District is a public school district that is headquartered in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States, covering sections of Crittenden and St. Francis counties. It serves most of West Memphis, the municipalities of Anthonyvi ...

. Most middle school-aged students moved to West Junior High School, and most high school students were moved to

Academies of West Memphis Academies of West Memphis (AWM), formerly West Memphis High School, is an accredited comprehensive public high school for students in grades ten through twelve in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. The school is administered by the West Me ...

(formerly West Memphis High School). The West Memphis district took possession of the school buildings, then gave them to the Hughes municipal government in 2016. The high school gymnasium was leased at no cost to the chief of police and Hughes High alumnus Deon Lee, who made it into an after school center, spending about $3,000 on cleanup.

Notable people

Gus Malzahn Arthur Gustavo Malzahn III (; born October 28, 1965) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF Knights football, UCF). He was the head football coach at Auburn University from 2013 t ...

, head football coach from 1992 to 1994 * Mark R. Martin (1986),

Secretary of State of Arkansas The secretary of state of Arkansas is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The current Secretary of State is Republican John Thurston, former Arkansas land commissioner from Pulaski County in central Arkansa ...

since 2011; member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

from Washington County from 2005 to 2011; resident of Prairie Grove in Washington County

References

* {{authority control Public high schools in Arkansas Public middle schools in Arkansas Schools in St. Francis County, Arkansas 2015 disestablishments in Arkansas Educational institutions disestablished in 2015