Foley High School

Foley High School is a sizable senior high in Foley, Alabama, one of the schools within Baldwin County. The school works with 1,520 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 123% above the state mean of about 682.

Baldwin County runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 31,965 students. Foley High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Foley High School lists that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Baldwin County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Foley High School has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Foley High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Baldwin County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foley High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 27.3%, a residual of -13.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baldwin County) records that 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 Foley High School is one.

Florence B Mathis Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Foley High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Foley High School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,753 (now 1,520). Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Foley High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.