Auburn High School

Auburn High School is a senior high of substantial scale in Auburn, Alabama, one of the schools within Auburn City, educateing 2,227 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 227% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Auburn City runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,488 students. Auburn High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Auburn High School lists that White students make up the majority at 55%; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Auburn High School logs 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Lee County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Auburn High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

Across the wider county, Lee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students), Auburn High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dean Road Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Auburn High School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Auburn High School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 1,844 students in 2018 compared to 2,227 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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