Bullock County High School

Bullock County High School is a four-year high school of low-enrollment scale in Union Springs, Alabama, overseen by Bullock County, enrolling 448 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Bullock County High School is one of 3 schools operated by Bullock County, a district that caters to 1,327 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bullock County High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%); the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic. By comparison, Bullock County as a whole is about 70% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Bullock County High School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Bullock County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.0%, the actual is 12.6%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bullock County put median household earnings sit near $31,310, about 8% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Across Bullock County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,327 students), Bullock County High School is one campus in the mix.

South Highlands Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bullock County High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Bullock County High School's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 448). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 88% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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