Enrollment
256
High
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKE COUNTY·NCES 010072000298
Clarke County High School
151 S Church, Grove Hill, AL 36451 · (251) 250-2107 · Clarke County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Alabama public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
190 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 64 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 28% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
4.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Clarke County High School
Clarke County High School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke County High School this school | 256 | 74.2% | 11.1% |
| Pickens County High School Reform | 265 | 78.1% | 23.4% |
| Dallas County High School Plantersville | 334 | 76.0% | 16.6% |
| Chickasaw City High School Chickasaw | 241 | 78.8% | 11.8% |
| Floretta P Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy Mobile | 235 | 71.1% | 36.4% |
| Choctaw County High School Butler | 231 | 76.6% | 17.9% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Clarke County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #260 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #222 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #299 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #291 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #188 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #163 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #59 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #14 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high 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
256
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 256 | 14.5 | 17.7:1 | 74% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 18.3 | 13.8:1 | 75% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 19.8 | 13.4:1 | 76% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 76% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 21.5 | 17.8:1 | 76% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 47% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 74% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 60% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarke County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (383 to 256); teachers down 33% (21.5 to 14.5).
About Clarke County High School
Clarke County High School is a small high school in Grove Hill, Alabama. The school counts 256 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students.
Clarke County operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,130 students.
Clarke County High School is 72% Black by enrollment. Other students are 25% White and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Clarke County residents are about 45% Black. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.7:1, with 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 74%.
allk12 grades Clarke County High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Clarke County High School is a bottom-10% school in Alabama on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 11.1% against a predicted 30.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clarke County, the median household income is $49,249, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Clarke County High School is one of 10 public schools in the county.
Wilson Hall Middle School is the public school closest to Clarke County High School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Clarke County High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 20 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Clarke County High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,543
Census ACS
Median income
$49,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarke County
- Joe M Gillmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 376 students
- Grove Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Jackson Intermediate SchoolElementary · 282 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 278 students
- Wilson Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 201 students
Other schools in Grove Hill
- Grove Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Wilson Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 201 students
Other Clarke County High schools
One other US public school is named Clarke County High. Clarke County High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clarke County HighBerryville, VA · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Hall Middle School0.6 mi · 201
- Grove Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 348
- Thomasville High School12.6 mi · 305
- Thomasville Middle School12.7 mi · 281
- Jackson High School12.7 mi · 376
- Thomasville Elementary School13.0 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Clarke County High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clarke County High School?
Clarke County High School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Clarke County High School serve?
Clarke County High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Clarke County High School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Clarke County High School.
What is the student diversity at Clarke County High School?
Student demographics at Clarke County High School are roughly 25% White, 0% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Clarke County High School in?
Clarke County High School is part of Clarke County.
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