ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL

ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is one of the tiny secondary schools in ALPENA, Arkansas, one of the schools within ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 183 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

ALPENA SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 402 students; ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $55,143, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,818 students), of which ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ALPENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.1%.

ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.