Enrollment
183
High
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050228000007
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL
300A SOUTH DENVER, ALPENA, AR 72611 · (866) 425-7362 · Boone County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Arkansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
3.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
113 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 17% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 30.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 183 | 61.7% | 35.7% |
| MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL MOUNT IDA | 202 | 63.9% | 27.9% |
| WONDERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL HATTIEVILLE | 226 | 61.1% | 23.1% |
| OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL OMAHA | 171 | 68.4% | 23.6% |
| MCCRORY HIGH SCHOOL MCCRORY | 242 | 62.0% | 33.4% |
| EUREKA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL EUREKA SPRINGS | 221 | 60.2% | 46.2% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #70 of 272 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #33 of 132 ▲ 27 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #78 of 280 ▲ 57 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #256 of 310 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #151 of 273 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #15 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
183
-47 (-20%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 215
Student : Teacher
3.0:1
was 3.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 183 | 60.3 | 3.0:1 | 62% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 77.6 | 2.7:1 | 67% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 64.1 | 3.7:1 | 64% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 71 | 3.2:1 | 60% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 20.1 | 12.1:1 | 31% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 22 | 9.9:1 | 55% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 25 | 9.9:1 | 48% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 226 | 22 | 10.3:1 | 52% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 215 | 14 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school, is located in ALPENA, Arkansas. It covers grades 7 through 12, with a total enrollment of 183 students. Statewide, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students each.
The district, ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 402 students enrolled across 2 schools.
The large majority of students at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL, 91%, are White. Next come 5% Hispanic and 3% Black. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 60.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL was 3.0:1. The 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 62%. That is close to the 62% average for public schools in Boone County.
The allk12 Grade for ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.7%, compared with a predicted 36.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Boone County residents, median household income is about $55,143, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 18 public schools in Boone County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,818.
The school nearest to ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is ALPENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL went from 230 students to 183.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALPENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 219 students
Other Alpena High schools
One other US public school is named Alpena High. ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Alpena High SchoolALPENA, MI · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- ALPENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 219
- GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL8.0 mi · 551
- GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 445
- GREEN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 429
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL9.6 mi · 865
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL9.7 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About ALPENA HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL?
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 183 students in grades 07-12.
Is ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 3.0:1 students per teacher at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL?
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian.
Is ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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