Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Hughes’s public schools
West Memphis School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hughes. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Hughes’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Hughes’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Richland Elementary School places highest (better than 44%); Weaver Elementary School lowest (0%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Six elementary schools serve Hughes, graded from D− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Wonder Junior High School and West Junior High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Hughes, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Hughes · depends on your address
Jackson Wonder Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 554 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in West Memphis
Faulk Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 523 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in West Memphis
7th grade in Hughes · depends on your address
Wonder Junior High School
Grades 7–9 · 511 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in West Memphis
West Junior High School
Grades 7–9 · 461 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in West Memphis
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the West Memphis School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Hughes vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Hughes’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hughes | — | West Memphis |
Every school in Hughes
8 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Hughes’s schools
Are Hughes’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Hughes. West Memphis School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hughes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Hughes in?
West Memphis School District.
Where do Hughes kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Wonder Junior High School and West Junior High School.
Parents talk
What Hughes families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Hughes → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.