East Limestone High School

East Limestone High School is one of the substantial high schools in Athens, Alabama, run under Limestone County, with 1,216 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 78% bigger than typical.

Within Limestone County, which oversees 16 schools and 16,694 students, East Limestone High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, East Limestone High School records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Limestone County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Limestone High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -16.8 points.

In the area at large, Limestone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,629 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. East Limestone High School is one of 27 public schools in Limestone County (combined enrollment of about 24,258 students).

The closest other public school is Creekside Elementary School, roughly 2.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Limestone High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. East Limestone High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,198 (now 1,216). The White share of enrollment declined from 75% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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