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What's the most underrated thing about Escambia County High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
390
High
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA COUNTY·NCES 010135000484
Escambia County High School
1215 S Presley St, Atmore, AL 36502 · (251) 368-9181 · Escambia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Alabama public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
313 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 114 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 95 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 21% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
6.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
2.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Escambia County High School
Escambia County High School's state test result (6.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia County High School this school | 390 | 80.3% | 6.1% |
| Anniston High School Anniston | 498 | 78.9% | 2.4% |
| Monroe County High School Monroeville | 302 | 80.5% | 16.5% |
| Acceleration Day and Evening Academy MOBILE | 513 | 83.2% | 7.9% |
| Aliceville High School Aliceville | 338 | 82.0% | 12.2% |
| Hillcrest High School Evergreen | 290 | 75.9% | 9.9% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Escambia County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.1% | #295 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.3% | #293 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #290 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #228 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #238 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #199 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #35 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #133 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 80% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 89% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 21.5 | 18.6:1 | 89% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 89% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 89% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 88% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 83% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 60% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 34 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Escambia County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (418 to 390); teachers down 28% (29 to 21).
About Escambia County High School
Escambia County High School is a public low-enrollment high school in Atmore, Alabama. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 390 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 43% below the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama.
Escambia County High School is one school in Escambia County, a system of 11 schools with 4,072 students.
Escambia County High School is 81% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 13% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Native American, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 30% Black among all Escambia County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
For every teacher at Escambia County High School, there are about 18.6 students; the school has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Alabama average 17.2:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 80%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Escambia County.
Among Alabama public high schools, Escambia County High School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Escambia County High School is -19.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Alabama. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 6.1%, and the predicted rate is 25.7%.
For the population of Escambia County, median household income comes to about $48,225, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Escambia County counts 16 public schools with about 5,240 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Escambia County High School from the closest public school, A C Moore Primary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 41.5% on proficiency, and Escambia County High School is below that at 6.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Escambia County High School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 390, from 404 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Escambia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,629
Census ACS
Median income
$48,225
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Escambia County
- Flomaton High SchoolHigh · 559 students
- Rachel Patterson Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- W S Neal Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Flomaton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- W S Neal Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
- W S Neal High SchoolHigh · 370 students
Other schools in Atmore
- Rachel Patterson Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Escambia County Middle SchoolMiddle · 278 students
- Huxford Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- A C Moore Primary SchoolElementary · 216 students
Nearby schools
- A C Moore Primary School0.6 mi · 216
- Rachel Patterson Elementary School1.3 mi · 509
- Escambia County Middle School2.8 mi · 278
- BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 472
- NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 527
- ERNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL7.5 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Escambia County High SchoolHow large is Escambia County High School?
Escambia County High School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Escambia County High School serve?
Escambia County High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Escambia County High School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Escambia County High School.
What is the student diversity at Escambia County High School?
Student demographics at Escambia County High School are roughly 13% White, 3% Hispanic, 81% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Escambia County High School in?
Escambia County High School is part of Escambia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.