Pigeon Forge High School

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Pigeon Forge High School
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Pigeon Forge High School during winter, 2006
Address
Pigeon Forge High School
414 Tiger Drive

Pigeon Forge
,
Tennessee
37863

United States
Coordinates 35°48′17″N83°35′13″W / 35.80472°N 83.58694°W / 35.80472; -83.58694
Information
TypePublic secondary
MottoForging Tomorrow's Leaders Today [1]
SuperintendentStephanie Huskey [2]
PrincipalBenjamin Clabo [1]
Staff45.17 (FTE) [3]
Grades 10–12 [3]
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment442 (2020–21) [3]
 •  Grade 10 138
 •  Grade 11 157
 •  Grade 12 147
Student to teacher ratio9.79∶1 [3]
Color(s)  
Team nameTigers
BudgetUS$8,039,697 [4]
Website www.sevier.org/pfh

Pigeon Forge High School is a public, coeducational high school located in Sevier County, Tennessee. Part of the Sevier County Board of Education, the school is administrated by a Director of Schools (Stephanie Huskey) who oversees the school's Principal (Benjamin Clabo) who conducts school operations. As of 2021, the school had a total student body of 442 pupils across grades 10 through 12.

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Campus & structure

Pigeon Forge High School is located at 414 Tiger Drive, near the Parkway that serves as the main transportation artery of the city of Pigeon Forge. The high school was established in 1999 [5] in a building that had previously been the Pigeon Forge Middle School. Beginning with only the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, Pigeon Forge High School added one grade per year, graduating its first class in the 2002-2003 academic year.

Located on a campus of some 22 acres (8.9 ha), PFHS has added a number of athletic and scholastic facilities since its first year. Its proximity to facilities maintained by the city of Pigeon Forge, such as the city park and community center and library complex, make a variety of services available to students.

In August 2020, in compliance with a district-wide restructuring transition to an intermediate school system, PFHS discontinued the enrollment of students in the ninth grade, converting from a 4-year to a 3-year high school. [6]

Demographics

For the 2020–21 academic year, Pigeon Forge High School enrolled 442 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The school employed 45.17 full-time equivalent educators, resulting in a student to teacher ratio of 9.8:1.


Enrollment by race and ethnicity (2020–21) [3]
Race and ethnicity†Enrolled pupilsPercentage
African American51.13%
Asian194.3%
Hispanic9321.04%
Native American20.45%
White31571.27%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific islander10.23%
Multi-race71.58%
Total442100%
† "Hispanic" includes Hispanics of any race. All other categories refer to non-Hispanics.
Enrollment by gender (2020–21) [3]
GenderEnrolled pupilsPercentage
Female21147.74%
Male23152.26%
Non-binary00%
Total442100%

Finance and budget

In the year 2020, total expenditures at Pigeon Forge High School totaled $8,039,697. [4] Considering a total enrollment of 442 students in that year, the expenditures per student were $18,189.35.

Curriculum & extracurricular activities

A three-tier system of tracking is in place to allow learning in the skills, standard, and honors venues in order to best meet the needs of students at varying ability levels. To supplement all these offerings, the student body is also able to participate in a variety of extracurricular sports ranging from wrestling to biking and an array of intellectual pursuits including a Beta club as well as many others.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Sevier County School System Administration / Home". www.sevier.org. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "School Detail for Pigeon Forge High School". nces.ed.gov. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Pigeon Forge High School / Finance / Tennessee Department of Education". reportcard.tnedu.gov. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Chris (January 19, 2017). "Adrian Watson hired as Pigeon Forge football coach". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. ↑ Crawford, Kirstie (August 14, 2020). "Two new Sevier County schools nearly ready in time for upcoming school year". WATE 6 On Your Side. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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