Ashford High School

Located at 607 Church St, in Ashford, Alabama, Ashford High School is a modestly sized secondary school that caters to 413 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Houston County. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Houston County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 6,907 students; Ashford High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ashford High School shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Houston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ashford High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -14.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,626, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Houston County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,127 students), of which Ashford High School is one.

Ashford Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ashford High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Ashford High School's enrollment has shrank 46% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 413). The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 62% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ashford High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.