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Cedar Bluff High School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Cedar Bluff High School
Cedar Bluff High School is a middle-of-the-pack all-grades campus in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, overseen by Cherokee County. The school educates 623 students in grades pre-K through 12.
Within Cherokee County, which oversees 7 schools and 3,860 students, Cedar Bluff High School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Cedar Bluff High School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Cherokee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cedar Bluff High School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cedar Bluff High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.
Zooming out to the county, Cherokee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,863 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cedar Bluff High School is one of 8 public schools in Cherokee County (combined enrollment of about 3,860 students).
Nearest neighbor: Gaylesville High School, around 4.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Bluff High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 34.8%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Cedar Bluff High School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 623). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 8% to 4%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cherokee County at a glance
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- Cherokee County High School5.0 mi · 448
- Centre Elementary School6.1 mi · 665
- Centre Middle School6.4 mi · 450
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