Alba High School

The student body outgrew their current education facility at Alba and plans to build a new Alba High School were accepted in February of 1907, exciting the community. The new high school would have eight rooms, not including office spaces or restrooms and cost around $11,000 to erect being constructed of pressed brick and stone trimmings. The new High School would have freshman through junior students.

Alba had made many improvements throughout the twenties under the direction of Superintendent Miss Ella Booher. Of those improvements, one included the addition of a senior class. At the time tuition for the AHS was increased from $3 to $4 a month allowing for the addition. The school continued to grow counting eighty-one students in 1921 and of those thirty-two were tuition students. Arguably the biggest improvement was the addition of a gymnasium. The new gymnasium which doubled as a community auditorium was dedicated on October 1, 1926. Rev. Cliff Titus gave the dedicatory address with the Glee Club that had been formed a year early and performed the music.

Further expansion of the High School came in 1945 with the addition of Junior High classes, seventh and eighth grade. And then eventually first through sixth were added as well. In 1966 a lunchroom was added to the north side of the auditorium. Unfortunately due to declining attendance, decreased funding and a rise in consolidation the high school classes of Alba were discontinued after 1968. The high school students were consolidated with the Webb City school district.

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