Summary:
The Piggott School District is home to a single high school, Piggott High School, which serves 330 students in grades 7 through 12 in a rural Arkansas community.
Piggott High School presents a mixed picture of strengths and challenges. On the positive side, the school boasts an impressive 95.0% graduation rate, well above the state average of 90.1%, and an exceptionally low student-teacher ratio of 6.5:1, which suggests students receive highly personalized attention. The school also spends $14,166 per student, a significant investment that has helped it improve its state ranking from the 29th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 35th percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 2-star rating. However, academic proficiency on state tests remains a concern. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 24.6% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 27.1% in Math, and 28.8% in Science—all roughly 15 percentage points below the state average. A notable bright spot is 9th-grade Algebra, where 34.1% of students were proficient, outperforming the state average of 25.3% by nearly 9 points. Conversely, Geometry is a persistent weakness, with just 16% of students proficient compared to 26.4% statewide.
Encouragingly, the school has shown strong year-over-year improvement across all core subjects from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with Reading proficiency jumping 11.7 points and Math rising 7.3 points. This growth, combined with the low student-teacher ratio and high spending, suggests that the school is effectively deploying its resources to address challenges, including a high poverty rate where 63.33% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. For parents, Piggott High School offers a supportive, small-school environment with a strong graduation record and clear signs of academic improvement, though standardized test scores still lag behind state averages.
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