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Which teacher or staff member at Cleburne County High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
555
High
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEBURNE COUNTY·NCES 010078000318
Cleburne County High School
520 Evans Bridge Rd, Heflin, AL 36264 · (256) 463-2012 · Cleburne County
GRADES 08–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Alabama public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
19.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
265 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 8 | 116 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 16% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
45.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Cleburne County High School
Cleburne County High School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleburne County High School this school | 555 | 47.7% | 31.1% |
| Central High School Florence | 596 | 45.1% | 39.0% |
| Cherokee County High School Centre | 448 | 47.8% | 39.8% |
| Flomaton High School Flomaton | 559 | 47.9% | 41.4% |
| Wilson High School Florence | 585 | 48.2% | 33.5% |
| Lawrence County High School Moulton | 586 | 50.3% | 16.6% |
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 Cleburne County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #124 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #177 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #82 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #147 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #267 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #237 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #214 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #87 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
555
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 555 | 28.2 | 19.7:1 | 48% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 30.7 | 17.9:1 | 64% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 31.2 | 18.3:1 | 64% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 43% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 38.6 | 16.4:1 | 58% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 55% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 63% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 41% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 32 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleburne County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (633 to 555); teachers down 27% (38.6 to 28.2).
About Cleburne County High School
Families in Heflin, Alabama, are served by Cleburne County High School, a small high school. The school covers grades 8 through 12 and reported 555 students in 2024-25.
Cleburne County High School sits within Cleburne County, which has 7 schools and 2,490 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cleburne County High School is 86% White. The remaining shares are 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 28.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.7:1. The gap from the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama is 2.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%. The average for public schools in Cleburne County is similar, at 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cleburne County High School lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Alabama public high schools.
Cleburne County High School scores 18.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 31.1% actual versus 49.3% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Cleburne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $55,345, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 9 public schools and about 2,490 students.
Cleburne County High School's nearest public school is Cleburne County Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Cleburne County High School places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.7:1.
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Cleburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,426
Census ACS
Median income
$55,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,490 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleburne County
- Ranburne High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Cleburne County Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Ranburne Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Cleburne County Middle SchoolMiddle · 243 students
- Fruithurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
Other schools in Heflin
- Cleburne County Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Cleburne County Middle SchoolMiddle · 243 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
- Cleburne County Alternative SchoolHigh
- Cleburne County Career Technical SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Cleburne County Elementary School0.1 mi · 391
- Cleburne County Middle School0.1 mi · 243
- White Plains Middle School7.8 mi · 387
- White Plains Elementary School7.8 mi · 530
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School9.3 mi · 206
- White Plains High School9.5 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Cleburne County High SchoolHow many students attend Cleburne County High School?
Cleburne County High School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does Cleburne County High School serve?
Cleburne County High School serves grades 08-12.
How many students per teacher at Cleburne County High School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Cleburne County High School.
How diverse is Cleburne County High School?
Cleburne County High School reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Cleburne County High School public or private?
Cleburne County High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cleburne County.
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