Cleburne County High School

Cleburne County High School is a senior high of intimate scale in Heflin, Alabama, operated by Cleburne County, educateing 555 students in grades 8 through 12.

Cleburne County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,490 students. Cleburne County High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cleburne County High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Cleburne County High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Cleburne County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cleburne County High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.3%; actual is 31.1%, a gap of -18.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cleburne County shows median household income runs about $55,345, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Cleburne County High School is one of 9 public schools in Cleburne County (combined enrollment of about 2,490 students).

Cleburne County Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cleburne County High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.5%.

Cleburne County High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cleburne County High School has fell 12%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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