Central High School

Set in Hayneville, Alabama, Central High School is a micro-enrollment four-year high school, run under Lowndes County. It educates 175 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 74% smaller than typical.

Lowndes County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,109 students. Central High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Central High School reports that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 74% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Central High School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Central High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Central High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.3%; Central High School posts 5.1%, -21.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Lowndes County reports that median household income runs about $37,052, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Central High School is one of 9 public schools in Lowndes County (combined enrollment of about 1,109 students).

Central Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Central High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 33%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.