Hughes is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.

[4] Typically school bus commute times from Hughes to West Memphis are about one hour each way due to the bus making multiple stops; without stops the commute would take about thirty minutes.

In winter periods Hughes students depart from school and/or arrive from home when the sun is not out.

[9] The West Memphis district took possession of the school buildings, then gave them to the Hughes municipal government in 2016.

Former Hughes board member Lincoln Barnett stated that several area businesses, as a result of the district closure, encountered financial problems.

[4] After 2016 the municipal government, at no charge, leased the Hughes school gymnasium to Deon Lee, an alumnus of Hughes High and the chief of police, who spent $3,000 to revamp the building to make into an after school center for children.