ALMA HIGH SCHOOL

ALMA HIGH SCHOOL is an expansive high school in ALMA, Arkansas, one of the schools within ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 981 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so ALMA HIGH SCHOOL sits 92% above that benchmark.

ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,092 students; ALMA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ALMA HIGH SCHOOL records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crawford County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALMA HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,132 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Crawford County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,496 students), of which ALMA HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALMA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.0%.

ALMA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. ALMA HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,059 (now 981). The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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