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Enrollment
656
High
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MACON COUNTY·NCES 010219001811
Booker T Washington High
3803 M L K Highway, Tuskegee, AL 36083 · (334) 727-0073 · Macon County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Alabama public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
527 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 17% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
27.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Booker T Washington High
Booker T Washington High's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T Washington High this school | 656 | 80.3% | 15.0% |
| Center Point High School Center Point | 685 | 80.7% | 4.6% |
| Acceleration Day and Evening Academy MOBILE | 513 | 83.2% | 7.9% |
| CF Vigor High School Prichard | 620 | 84.7% | 8.7% |
| Fairfield High Preparatory School Fairfield | 519 | 84.4% | 3.4% |
| Wenonah High School Birmingham | 670 | 81.2% | 6.7% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Booker T Washington High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #239 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #270 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #174 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #122 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #229 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #287 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #34 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.0% | #7 of 130 |
Ranked against other public high 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
656
+198 (+43%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 916
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 656 | 35.6 | 18.4:1 | 80% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 26.9 | 17.8:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 32.6 | 14.7:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 29.6 | 16.8:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 58% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2000-01 | 916 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 62% (567) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Booker T Washington High.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (497 to 656); teachers up 20% (29.6 to 35.6).
About Booker T Washington High
Booker T Washington High is a mid-sized high school in Tuskegee, Alabama, under Macon County. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 12, with 656 students on the rolls.
Macon County oversees Booker T Washington High and 5 other schools, with 1,907 students in total.
Roughly 94% of students at Booker T Washington High are Black. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 78% of Macon County residents are Black. The diversity index for Booker T Washington High is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.4:1. Statewide, high schools in Alabama average 17.2:1. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Macon County is similar, at 82%.
On the allk12 Grade, Booker T Washington High lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Alabama public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Booker T Washington High lands between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.0%; the prediction is 25.6%.
In the surrounding county, Macon County, the median household earns about $43,707 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Booker T Washington High, Macon County has 7 public schools.
A public school about 2.3 miles away, Tuskegee Institute Middle School, is the closest to Booker T Washington High. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Booker T Washington High is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Reported enrollment: 458 (2020-21) and 656 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.0:1 in 2020-21, and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,691
Census ACS
Median income
$43,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Macon County
- George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Tuskegee Public ElementaryMiddle · 261 students
- Notasulga High SchoolCombined · 258 students
- Tuskegee Institute Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- DC Wolfe SchoolElementary · 111 students
- Macon County Area Vocational SchoolHigh
Other schools in Tuskegee
- George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Tuskegee Public ElementaryMiddle · 261 students
Other Booker T Washington High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Booker T Washington High. Booker T Washington High is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Booker T Washington HighNorfolk, VA · 904 students
- Booker T Washington High SchoolCONROE, TX · 189 students
Nearby schools
- Tuskegee Institute Middle School2.3 mi · 215
- Tuskegee Public Elementary3.1 mi · 261
- George Washington Carver Elementary School3.7 mi · 406
- DC Wolfe School10.1 mi · 111
- Notasulga High School11.7 mi · 258
- Southside Middle School12.8 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Booker T Washington HighWhat is the total enrollment at Booker T Washington High?
Booker T Washington High enrolls approximately 656 students in grades 07-12.
Is Booker T Washington High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Booker T Washington High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Booker T Washington High?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Booker T Washington High.
How diverse is Booker T Washington High?
Booker T Washington High reports a student body of 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Booker T Washington High?
Booker T Washington High is overseen by Macon County in Macon County.
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