Ridgway Christian School (RCS) was a private

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. "Jefferson County has ..one private school in Ridgway Christian School." Pine Bluff First Assembly of God is the school's parent church. The middle and high school campus was owned by the Pine Bluff Educational Endowment (PBEE); This campus was known as Ridgway Christian High School (RCHS).

History

In August 1997 the school opened with five employees and 17 students.About Us
" Ridgeway Christian School. Retrieved on August 1, 2017. The First Assembly of God Church had created the school. From 2007 to 2008 the net increase of students was around 20. In that same period 15 of them stopped attending the school since they moved outside of the Pine Bluff area, which reflected the economic issues in the

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region. Ridgway Christian began leasing the current secondary school building in June 2013.

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previously leased the building before its 2013 closure. John Worthen of the '' Pine Bluff Commercial'' wrote that area Catholic schools were losing students as many who wanted private education came to Ridgway Christian instead. Therefore, Ridgway Christian had two buildings: one primary (K-6) and one secondary (7-12). the school's expected number of students was to be 500, including 120 in grades 7–12. In 2017 the school had about 300 students. In 2018 the secondary campus was repurposed as a

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, Southeast Arkansas Preparatory High School. The Christian School director announced that the plans were to discontinue the high school program and to have a single K-8 campus. According to the president of the newly established charter school, Pat Hart, the Ridgway Christian high school program encountered difficulty recruiting students.

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* 1997 establishments in Arkansas Christian schools in Arkansas Private K-12 schools in Arkansas Schools in Pine Bluff, Arkansas Educational institutions established in 1997 {{Arkansas-school-stub