Curry High School

Curry High School, a close-knit high school in Jasper, Alabama, part of Walker County, hosts 364 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Curry High School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Walker County comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 7,091 students; Curry High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Curry High School records that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Curry High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Curry High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.0%; this one comes in at 22.3%, -25.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Walker County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,509, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Walker County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,041 students), of which Curry High School is one.

The closest other public school is Curry Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Curry High School. On composite proficiency, Curry High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 486 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025.

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