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Enrollment
623
Combined
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 010063000274
Cedar Bluff High School
3655 Old Highway 9, Cedar Bluff, AL 35959 · (256) 927-1750 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- A-Test 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
349 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
62.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
31.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What 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.
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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Cedar Bluff High School
Cedar Bluff High School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff High School this school | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| Lamar County HighIntermediate Vernon | 544 | 57.7% | 51.5% |
| Sulligent School Sulligent | 684 | 54.1% | 48.0% |
| Pleasant Home School Andalusia | 508 | 55.1% | 49.2% |
| Billingsley High School Billingsley | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
| Woodville High School Woodville | 504 | 59.5% | 33.8% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Cedar Bluff High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #16 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #24 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #12 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #21 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #33 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #45 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #35 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #17 of 21 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
623
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 623 | 37.2 | 16.8:1 | 56% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 33.9 | 18.4:1 | 74% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 34.2 | 17.8:1 | 73% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 57% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 37.6 | 16.0:1 | 68% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 74% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 69% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 42% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 28 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Bluff High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (602 to 623); teachers down 1% (37.6 to 37.2).
About Cedar Bluff High School
Cedar Bluff High School, located in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, is a medium-sized combined-grade school. It enrolled 623 students in pre-K through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
Federal data list 7 schools in Cherokee County, with 3,860 students enrolled.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Cedar Bluff High School. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Cherokee County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. 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.
The school has about 16.8 students per teacher and 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 56%.
Measured against Alabama public K-12 schools, Cedar Bluff High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Cedar Bluff High School is 3.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
Federal survey data for Cherokee County show that the median household income is $53,863, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 8 public schools in Cherokee County, enrolling about 3,860 students in all.
Gaylesville High School is the closest public school, about 4.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Cedar Bluff High School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cedar Bluff High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 623, a 6% increase from 589 in 2020-21.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,443
Census ACS
Median income
$53,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,860 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Sand Rock High SchoolCombined · 783 students
- Centre Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Spring Garden High SchoolCombined · 550 students
- Centre Middle SchoolMiddle · 450 students
- Cherokee County High SchoolHigh · 448 students
- Gaylesville High SchoolCombined · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Gaylesville High School4.4 mi · 341
- Cherokee County High School5.0 mi · 448
- Centre Elementary School6.1 mi · 665
- Centre Middle School6.4 mi · 450
- Sand Rock High School9.4 mi · 783
- Ruhuma Junior High School12.0 mi · 175
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Bluff High SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Bluff High School?
Cedar Bluff High School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-12.
Is Cedar Bluff High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedar Bluff High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Bluff High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Bluff High School is approximately 16.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Bluff High School?
At Cedar Bluff High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Cedar Bluff High School public or private?
Cedar Bluff High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.