Clarke County High School

Clarke County High School, a rural-scale senior high in Grove Hill, Alabama, part of Clarke County, instructs 256 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 682.

Across the 7 schools in Clarke County (2,130 students total), Clarke County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Clarke County High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Clarke County High School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% 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, Clarke County High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.1%; this one comes in at 11.1%, -18.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clarke County put median household earnings sit near $49,249, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Clarke County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,143 students), of which Clarke County High School is one.

Wilson Hall Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clarke County High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clarke County High School's enrollment has declined 33% since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 256). The White share of enrollment contracted from 32% to 25% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.