Pigeon Forge High School

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]

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.

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.

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.