1
What tradition at Ardmore High School should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
964
High
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIMESTONE COUNTY·NCES 010210000797
Ardmore High School
30285 Ardmore Ave, Ardmore, AL 35739 · (256) 423-2685 · Limestone County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL964 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Alabama public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
482 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 131 | 14% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
26.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ardmore High School
Ardmore High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore High School this school | 964 | 50.0% | 37.7% |
| Rehobeth High School Dothan | 786 | 48.0% | 26.6% |
| Albert P Brewer High School Somerville | 757 | 53.9% | 28.5% |
| Brookwood High School Brookwood | 1,076 | 44.7% | 22.6% |
| Elberta High School Elberta | 735 | 46.7% | 41.6% |
| Lawrence County High School Moulton | 586 | 50.3% | 16.6% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ardmore High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Limestone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #77 of 305 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #100 of 305 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #66 of 305 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 964 | #71 of 319 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #274 of 307 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #216 of 307 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #195 of 317 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #161 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
964
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 973
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 964 | 48 | 20.1:1 | 50% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 978 | 45.2 | 21.6:1 | 53% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 993 | 46 | 21.6:1 | 50% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 991 | 48 | 20.6:1 | 37% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 40% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 954 | 48 | 19.9:1 | 41% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 943 | 54 | 17.5:1 | 36% (341) |
| 2000-01 | 1,274 | 74 | 17.2:1 | 27% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 973 | 52 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (968 to 964); teachers unchanged (48 to 48).
About Ardmore High School
Among the schools in Ardmore, Alabama, is Ardmore High School, a mid-sized high school. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 964 students enrolled. It has 41% more students than the average for high schools in Alabama (about 682).
The district, Limestone County, operates 16 schools serving 16,694 students.
Roughly 83% of students at Ardmore High School are White. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Limestone County residents are about 74% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ardmore High School scores 30%.
The school had 48 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.1:1. Across high schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.2:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 50%.
Ardmore High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Alabama public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ardmore High School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 37.7% actual against 47.6% predicted.
In Limestone County, home to about 111,233 people, the median household earns about $83,629 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ardmore High School shares Limestone County with 26 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Ardmore High School is closest to Cedar Hill Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Ardmore High School has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ardmore High School at 5th of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Ardmore High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 991 in 2020-21 to 964 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Ardmore High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Limestone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,233
Census ACS
Median income
$83,629
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
24,258 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Limestone County
- Alabama Connections AcademyCombined · 7,822 students
- East Limestone High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- West Limestone High SchoolHigh · 736 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Elkmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Elkmont High SchoolHigh · 597 students
Other Ardmore High schools
One other US public school is named Ardmore High. Ardmore High School is the largest of the 2.
- Ardmore High SchoolArdmore, OK · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Hill Elementary School1.7 mi · 576
- Elkton Elementary5.4 mi · 263
- Blanche School7.2 mi · 366
- Elkmont High School7.9 mi · 597
- Johnson Elementary School8.3 mi · 475
- Madison Cross Roads Elementary School8.9 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore High SchoolHow large is Ardmore High School?
Ardmore High School enrolls approximately 964 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Ardmore High School serve?
Ardmore High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Ardmore High School have?
Ardmore High School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Ardmore High School?
Student demographics at Ardmore High School are roughly 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ardmore High School in?
Ardmore High School is part of Limestone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.