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Beulah High School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Beulah High School
Set in Valley, Alabama, Beulah High School is a close-knit senior high, part of Lee County. It caters to 535 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Beulah High School sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.
Lee County runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 9,026 students. Beulah High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Beulah High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Lee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Beulah High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Beulah High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.2%.
In the area at large, Lee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beulah High School is one of 41 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students).
The closest other public school is Beulah Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beulah High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.6%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Beulah High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 535). The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 68% over that span.
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