Berry High School

Berry High School is a micro-enrollment high school in Berry, Alabama, part of Fayette County. The school caters to 245 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Berry High School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Fayette County, which oversees 6 schools and 2,268 students, Berry High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Berry High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Fayette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% 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, Berry High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.8%; Berry High School posts 20.1%, -24.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fayette County) records that median household income runs about $49,488, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Fayette County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,268 students), of which Berry High School is one.

Berry Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berry High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Berry High School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 245). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 91% to 86% over that span.

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