📍 350 County Highway 12, Oneonta, Blount County, 35121
Appalachian School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Oneonta, Blount County. The school has 636 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Blount County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
Appalachian School enrolls 636 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 504 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 126 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 636 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Appalachian School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Appalachian School is one of 17 schools in Blount County, based in Oneonta, Alabama. The district serves 7,600 students district-wide and employs 419 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 636 students, Appalachian School is larger than the district average of about 447 students per school.