Daphne High School

Set in Daphne, Alabama, Daphne High School is a high-enrollment high school, part of Baldwin County. It educates 1,639 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 140% bigger than typical.

Baldwin County comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 31,965 students; Daphne High School is among them.

Demographically, Daphne High School lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 17% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Baldwin County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Daphne High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 51.0%, a residual of -12.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Baldwin County shows median household earnings sit near $78,775, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baldwin County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), of which Daphne High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Daphne Middle School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Daphne High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Daphne High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Daphne High School's enrollment has expanded 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,276 (now 1,639). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 70% to 63%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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