Enrollment
235
High
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000374
Cold Springs High School
9010 County Road 109, Bremen, AL 35033 · (256) 287-1787 · Cullman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
82 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
35.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
36.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
235
-59 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.4:1
% White
96%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cold Springs High School
Cold Springs High School is a four-year high school of tiny scale in Bremen, Alabama, run under Cullman County, enrolling 235 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 682.
Cold Springs High School is one of 25 schools operated by Cullman County, a district that serves 9,901 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Cold Springs High School reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 2% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cold Springs High School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Cullman County's rate of about 45%.
With demographic context factored in, Cold Springs High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.6%; this one comes in at 36.7%, -21.9 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, census data for Cullman County shows median household earnings sit near $62,656, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Cullman County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,144 students), of which Cold Springs High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Cold Springs Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cold Springs High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.9%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
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Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Cold Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Cold Springs Elementary School0.1 mi · 500
- Curry High School10.6 mi · 364
- Curry Elementary School10.7 mi · 550
- Curry Middle School10.7 mi · 353
- Harmony School11.3 mi · 337
- Good Hope Primary School11.5 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Cold Springs High SchoolHow many students attend Cold Springs High School?
Cold Springs High School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 09-12.
Is Cold Springs High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cold Springs High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cold Springs High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cold Springs High School is approximately 17.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cold Springs High School?
At Cold Springs High School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cold Springs High School?
Cold Springs High School is overseen by Cullman County in Cullman County.
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