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Enrollment
496
High
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY·NCES 010000601585
Brindlee Mountain High School
994 Scant City Road, Guntersville, AL 35976 · (256) 753-2800 · Marshall County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Alabama public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
290 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 6 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 13% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
47.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Brindlee Mountain High School
Brindlee Mountain High School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brindlee Mountain High School this school | 496 | 58.5% | 31.5% |
| Colbert Heights High School Tuscumbia | 467 | 56.5% | 33.8% |
| Phil Campbell High School Phil Campbell | 382 | 57.6% | 39.5% |
| Dora High School Dora | 476 | 61.3% | 26.1% |
| Cottonwood High School Cottonwood | 379 | 59.6% | 34.0% |
| Falkville High School Falkville | 467 | 63.6% | 26.8% |
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 Brindlee Mountain High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Marshall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #120 of 305 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #168 of 305 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #67 of 305 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #176 of 319 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #83 of 307 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #248 of 307 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #134 of 317 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #44 of 164 | N/A |
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
496
-79 (-14%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 58% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 30.5 | 18.1:1 | 51% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 51% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 31.3 | 20.0:1 | 66% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 66% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 56% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brindlee Mountain High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (626 to 496); teachers down 1% (31.3 to 31).
About Brindlee Mountain High School
Brindlee Mountain High School is a public high school in Guntersville, Alabama. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 496 students. The school's enrollment is 27% smaller than the 682 average for high schools in Alabama.
Marshall County enrolls 6,494 students, and its 14 schools include Brindlee Mountain High School.
Federal enrollment data show Brindlee Mountain High School is 88% White. The school is also 7% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 79%. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Brindlee Mountain High School, 31 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.0:1. That is lower than the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Roughly 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Marshall County average 59%.
Brindlee Mountain High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Alabama public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Brindlee Mountain High School, the prediction is 41.5% and the result is 31.5%.
Among Marshall County residents, the median household income is $62,571, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Brindlee Mountain High School is one of 37 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Brindlee Mountain High School is Brindlee Mountain Primary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. On average proficiency, Brindlee Mountain High School is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Brindlee Mountain High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 496 students in 2024-25, 79 fewer than the 575 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.2:1 to 16.0:1.
Community posts for Brindlee Mountain High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,748
Census ACS
Median income
$62,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
19,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County
- Asbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Asbury High SchoolHigh · 659 students
- Robert D Sloman PrimaryElementary · 613 students
- Kate D Smith DAR Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other schools in Guntersville
- Guntersville High SchoolHigh · 556 students
- Guntersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Guntersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- Brindlee Mountain Primary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Marshall County Online SchoolHigh · 71 students
Nearby schools
- Brindlee Mountain Primary School0.1 mi · 278
- Brindlee Mountain Elementary School2.5 mi · 286
- Arab High School5.0 mi · 735
- Arab Primary School5.1 mi · 698
- Arab Elementary School5.2 mi · 599
- Cherokee Elementary School6.4 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Brindlee Mountain High SchoolHow large is Brindlee Mountain High School?
Brindlee Mountain High School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Brindlee Mountain High School serve?
Brindlee Mountain High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Brindlee Mountain High School have?
Brindlee Mountain High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brindlee Mountain High School?
At Brindlee Mountain High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Brindlee Mountain High School public or private?
Brindlee Mountain High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marshall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.