Conecuh County Junior High School

Conecuh County Junior High School operates as a rural-scale elementary campus in Castleberry, Alabama, run under Conecuh County. Current enrollment sits at 118 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 75% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Conecuh County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,344 students. Conecuh County Junior High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Conecuh County Junior High School reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Conecuh County Junior High School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Conecuh County Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Conecuh County Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.9%; this one delivers 26.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Conecuh County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $41,327 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Conecuh County Junior High School is one of 9 public schools in Conecuh County (combined enrollment of about 1,344 students).

Nearest neighbor: Evergreen Elementary School, around 9.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Conecuh County Junior High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Conecuh County Junior High School has shrank 32%, going from 173 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 56% to 43% over that span.

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