Female Boarding Schools in Western North Carolina: Giving Young Women the Opportunity to Excel

The Allen Home/High School was created for higher education for African Americans living in Asheville and its surrounding areas. This school was created because for years African American students were kept from going on and furthering their education.

Because of the dilligence of the teachers (both white and black) at Allen Home/High School many of their students were encouraged to apply and enroll in higher education institutions outside this region.

In its earlier years the Allen High School was able to send more than 50% of its students to college. By 1955, all 55 members of the graduating class were enrolled in college and of those 16 girls were honors graduates.