High Schools in Boone-Apache

Boone-Apache has one high school, Apache High School, serving grades 9–12, with 154 students. Because it is the only school in the area, there is no meaningful local school-to-school ranking. Its latest results show a sharply mixed picture: it was above the state in two subjects, well below in two others, and had strong graduation and attendance measures. The most important academic concern is mathematics, where just 3% met the reported standard, compared with 25% statewide.

Apache High School’s strongest latest subject was U.S. History: 44% met the standard, 3 percentage points above the state’s 41%; in English Language Arts I, its 28% was 2 points above the state’s 26%. In contrast, its mathematics result was 22 points below the state, and its science result of 17% was 13 points below the state’s 30%. The school’s four-subject average was 23%, about 8 points below the state average. Graduation and attendance stand out in a more positive way: in 2024–2025, graduation was 100%, 22 points above the state; in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 5%, 11 points below the state.

Test results declined in all four subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while state results were mostly steady: ELA I fell from 39% to 28%, mathematics from 9% to 3%, science from 19% to 17%, and U.S. History from 56% to 44%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down over time, from 146 of 432 schools (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 179 of 463 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 and 289 of 462 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. Other context includes a student-teacher ratio of 12.7 in 2024–2025 and 77% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.