Public schools in Pine Bluff, AR

Pine Bluff has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,283 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Pine Bluff School District runs 5 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Pine Bluff's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Pine BluffDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Pine Bluff School District53,261$17,959
Watson Chapel School District41,796$14,737
Friendship Aspire Academy3913$16,817

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Pine Bluff, 1,357 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Pine Bluff High School68814.1100.0%Pine Bluff
Watson Chapel High School5939.048.4%Watson Chapel
Friendship Aspire Academy Southeast Pine Bluff7613.857.9%Friendship Aspire Academy

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Pine Bluff, 334 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Watson Chapel Jr. High School33410.356.0%Watson Chapel

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Pine Bluff, 2,388 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Friendship Aspire Academy46916.266.3%Friendship Aspire Academy
Coleman Elementary School42613.969.2%Watson Chapel
Thirty-Fourth Ave. Elementary School39917.6100.0%Pine Bluff
Matthews Elementary School36715.2100.0%Pine Bluff
Broadmoor Elementary School28314.0100.0%Pine Bluff
Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff24515.753.1%Friendship Aspire Academy
Edgewood Elementary School19913.571.4%Watson Chapel

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Pine Bluff, 204 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Forrest Park Prep Preschool20414.698.5%Pine Bluff

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Pine Bluff's public schools compare with Arkansas's

The median Pine Bluff school has 14.1 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Arkansas median of 14.2. 60% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 72% across the state. Its median school enrolls 351 students (state 402).

Pine Bluff against Arkansas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Pine BluffArkansas
Median students per teacher14.114.2
Median school size (students)351402
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)60%72%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)33%17%
Charter schools25%9.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Pine Bluff schools and the 1,041 Arkansas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Pine Bluff

  1. Pine Bluff School DistrictRuns 5 of Pine Bluff's 12 public schools and spent $17,959 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,959
  2. Pine Bluff High School, the largest high school in Pine Bluff688 students in 2024-25, 14.1 per teacher.688
  3. Compare Pine Bluff School District with Watson Chapel School DistrictPine Bluff's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ArkansasArkansas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Pine Bluff addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Arkansas

  1. Little Rock69 schools
  2. Springdale30 schools
  3. Fort Smith27 schools
  4. Rogers27 schools
  5. Bentonville25 schools
  6. Jonesboro24 schools
  7. North Little Rock21 schools
  8. Conway17 schools

Questions about schools in Pine Bluff

  1. How many public schools are in Pine Bluff, AR?
    12 public schools with an address in Pine Bluff were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,283 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Pine Bluff?
    Pine Bluff High School, with 688 students in 2024-25 (Pine Bluff School District).
  3. Which districts run Pine Bluff's schools?
    Pine Bluff School District (5 schools), Watson Chapel School District (4 schools), Friendship Aspire Academy (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .