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
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Alabama public high schools
- B+Test 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 26% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
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 →
Schools most like Cold Springs High School
Cold Springs High School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs High School this school | 235 | 34.9% | 36.7% |
| Glencoe High School Glencoe | 300 | 37.7% | 25.2% |
| Addison High School Addison | 232 | 41.4% | 33.9% |
| Lexington High School Lexington | 379 | 35.1% | 52.7% |
| Red Bay High School Red Bay | 322 | 38.8% | 49.0% |
| Meek High School Arley | 286 | 43.0% | 41.5% |
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 Cold Springs High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #84 of 305 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #41 of 305 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #133 of 305 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #296 of 319 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #182 of 307 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #294 of 307 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #277 of 317 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #45 of 164 | N/A |
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
235
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 818
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 235 | 13.4 | 17.6:1 | 35% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 14.5 | 16.6:1 | 50% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 14.5 | 16.4:1 | 50% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 28% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 15.1 | 19.4:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 43% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 49% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 26% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 818 | 36 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cold Springs High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (294 to 235); teachers down 12% (15.1 to 13.4).
About Cold Springs High School
Cold Springs High School is the name of a small high school in Bremen, Alabama. The latest federal count shows 235 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 66% lower.
Cullman County enrolls 9,901 students in 25 schools, including Cold Springs High School.
Cold Springs High School's enrollment is 96% White. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.6:1. That is close to the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Cold Springs High School reports 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Cullman County average 45%.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Cold Springs High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Cold Springs High School posts 36.7% against a 58.6% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Alabama.
Cullman County has these Census figures: the median household income is $62,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Cullman County has 34 public schools and roughly 13,144 students.
The closest other public school is Cold Springs Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Cold Springs High School's average proficiency of 36.7% compares with 42.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Cold Springs High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment at Cold Springs High School was 240 in 2020-21 and 235 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Cold Springs High schools
One other US public school is named Cold Springs High. Cold Springs High School is the largest of the 2.
- Cold Springs HighLong Barn, CA · 2 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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