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Welcome to Fort Payne High School
Excellence in Academics • Leadership • Community
🏫 Principal
Scott Timmons
🎨 School Colors
Black & Gold
🐾 Mascot
Wildcat
📅 Founded
1889
🏞 About Our Community
Founded in 1889, the city of Fort Payne lies in a narrow valley on Big Wills Creek in the Cumberland Plateau region immediately west of Lookout Mountain and east of Sand Mountain. With just over 14,000 citizens, Fort Payne offers a wide range of business, culture, and community events.
🎓 About Fort Payne High School
FPHS serves 1,063 students in grades 9–12 with approximately 75 faculty and staff. We are located in the northeast corner of Alabama in the rural community of Fort Payne.
School demographics include 55.5% White, 39% Hispanic, 2.5% Black, and 3% multiracial/other. Around 64% of students participate in free or reduced lunch; this year, all students receive free meals.
💻 Technology & Innovation
FPHS integrates technology daily to support learning and prepare students with 21st-century skills. Students use Chromebooks, interactive Promethean boards, wireless laptop carts, and STEM programs such as Project Lead the Way.
Career and technical pathways include:
- Healthcare
- Agriculture
- Welding
- Culinary Arts
- AV Communications
- Computer Science
📚 Academic Opportunities
FPHS offers dual enrollment, online classes, and full-time virtual pathways for completing all high school graduation requirements.
Students also enjoy a rich selection of clubs, sports, and extracurricular activities that encourage leadership, teamwork, and personal growth.
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About Us Home
Welcome to Fort Payne High School
Principal: Scott Timmons
School Colors: Black and Gold
School Mascot: Wildcat
Founded in 1889, the city of Fort Payne lies in a narrow valley on Big Wills Creek in the Cumberland Plateau region immediately west of Lookout Mountain and east of Sand Mountain. With a population of just over 14,000 citizens, our town boasts a wide array of business, culture, and events.
Fort Payne High School has a student enrollment of 1063 students in grades 9-12 with approximately 75 faculty and staff. The school is located in Fort Payne, AL, which is a part of DeKalb County. The city of Fort Payne lies in a narrow valley on Big Wills Creek in the Cumberland Plateau region immediately west of Lookout Mountain and east of Sand Mountain. Fort Payne is a rural community in the northeast corner of the state. The demographics of our school are 55.5% White, 39% Hispanics, 2.5% Black, and 3% multi-racial and other. About 64% of our students are on free or reduced lunch, but all students are eligible to receive free meals this year.
FPHS utilizes technology as the tools to engage the students, to provide them with 21st century skills, and to optimize efficiency in management, teaching, and learning. Technology is used daily by our students and faculty. This technology includes student issued Chromebooks, interactive Promethean boards, wireless laptop carts, STEM programs such as Project Lead the Way and computer science, career and technical classes in healthcare, agriculture, welding, culinary arts, and AV Communications.
Also offered at FPHS are dual enrollment classes and online classes. Students can complete all high school graduation requirements through full-time online classes. The school is also rich in clubs and athletics. Take time to visit these different areas of our website to learn more about what FPHS has to offer.