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What's one thing Billingsley High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
586
Combined
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUTAUGA COUNTY·NCES 010024000045
Billingsley High School
2446 County Road 77, Billingsley, AL 36006 · (205) 755-1629 · Autauga County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
338 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 38 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
49.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Billingsley High School
Billingsley High School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billingsley High School this school | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
| Lamar County HighIntermediate Vernon | 544 | 57.7% | 51.5% |
| Section High School Section | 503 | 58.4% | 43.0% |
| Sulligent School Sulligent | 684 | 54.1% | 48.0% |
| Sweet Water High School Sweet Water | 600 | 58.3% | 46.1% |
| Cedar Bluff High School Cedar Bluff | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Billingsley High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #44 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #45 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #40 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #27 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #11 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #21 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #33 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #24 of 37 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
586
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 58% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 67% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 69% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 57% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 63% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 68% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 64% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 754 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 62% (468) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 35 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Billingsley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (631 to 586); teachers down 5% (41 to 39).
About Billingsley High School
Billingsley High School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in Billingsley, Alabama, one of the schools in Autauga County. The school runs pre-K through 12 and enrolls 586 students.
Billingsley High School is a school in Autauga County. The district has 13 schools and 8,888 students.
The largest group at Billingsley High School is White students, at 73%. The remaining students are 18% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Autauga County residents are about 71% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Billingsley High School scores 43%.
Billingsley High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Autauga County, the average is 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, Billingsley High School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.1%. Billingsley High School scores 33.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Autauga County show that median household income comes to about $72,481, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Autauga County counts 16 public schools with about 8,888 students.
Chilton County High School is about 12.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Billingsley High School at 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Billingsley High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 586 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 571. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.3:1 to 15.0:1 over the same years.
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Autauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,947
Census ACS
Median income
$72,481
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
8,888 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Autauga County
- Prattville High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Daniel Pratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,035 students
- Pine Level Elementary SchoolElementary · 949 students
- Prattville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 928 students
- Marbury High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Prattville Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Nearby schools
- Chilton County High School12.1 mi · 833
- Clanton Elementary School12.2 mi · 942
- Clanton Middle School12.3 mi · 401
- Clanton Intermediate School12.3 mi · 630
- Isabella High School12.4 mi · 789
- Verbena High School12.6 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Billingsley High SchoolHow large is Billingsley High School?
Billingsley High School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-12.
Is Billingsley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Billingsley High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Billingsley High School have?
Billingsley High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Billingsley High School?
Student demographics at Billingsley High School are roughly 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Billingsley High School?
Billingsley High School is overseen by Autauga County in Autauga County.
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