📍 709 Dan Gill Dr, Dumas, Desha County, 71639
Dumas High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Dumas, Desha County. The school has 314 pupils enrolled. The Principal is R. Brown. It is part of the Dumas School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
Dumas High School enrolls 314 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 17% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 206 | 66% |
| White | 52 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
314 of the school's 314 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dumas High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.
Dumas High School is one of 4 schools in DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in DUMAS, Arkansas. The district serves 818 students district-wide and employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 314 students, Dumas High School is larger than the district average of about 205 students per school.