Elba High School

Elba High School is a very small senior high in Elba, Alabama, part of Elba City. The school enrolls 224 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 67% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in Elba City (603 students total), Elba High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elba High School records that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 46% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Coffee County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Elba High School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Coffee County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, Elba High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 26.1%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Coffee County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,353 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Coffee County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,168 students), of which Elba High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Elba Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. On composite proficiency, Elba High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elba High School has declined 24%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.