Choctaw County High School

Choctaw County High School operates as a very small secondary school in Butler, Alabama, run under Choctaw County. Current enrollment sits at 231 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 682.

Choctaw County comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,025 students; Choctaw County High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Choctaw County High School logs that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 9% White. By comparison, Choctaw County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Choctaw County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Choctaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $47,813, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Choctaw County High School is one of 4 public schools in Choctaw County (combined enrollment of about 1,025 students).

Choctaw County Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Choctaw County High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Choctaw County High School's enrollment has shrank 32% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 231). Over the same period, the White share fell from 15% to 9%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.