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Billingsley High School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Billingsley High School
Billingsley High School is an average-sized multi-level school in Billingsley, Alabama, operated by Autauga County. The school teaches 586 students in grades pre-K through 12.
Billingsley High School is one of 13 schools operated by Autauga County, a district that teaches 8,888 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Billingsley High School reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 18% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Billingsley High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Autauga County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Billingsley High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 33.4%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Autauga County indicate median household income runs about $72,481, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Billingsley High School is one of 16 public schools in Autauga County (combined enrollment of about 8,888 students).
The closest other public school is Chilton County High School, roughly 12.1 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Billingsley High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Billingsley High School has edged down 7%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 73%.
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