Scipio A. Jones High School was a public high school for black students in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
[2] It originated as the Argenta Colored School, which began operations in 1909.
[2] In 1958-1959 the Little Rock School District temporarily closed all of its schools, but Scipio Jones was only able to accept a few black students who were locked out of their previous schools; the school district required that any student wishing to transfer to have an address in North Little Rock at the time.
[2] Students were redirected to North Little Rock High School.
As of 1998[update] the gymnasium is the only structure left standing as the main school building was destroyed in a fire shortly after its closure.