Geneva County High School

As a rural-scale four-year high school in Hartford, Alabama, Geneva County High School hosts 234 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Geneva County. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Geneva County runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,814 students. Geneva County High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Geneva County High School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Geneva County High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.6%; actual is 21.9%, a gap of -21.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Geneva County) records that median household earnings sit near $52,771, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Geneva County High School is one of 13 public schools in Geneva County (combined enrollment of about 4,043 students).

Geneva County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Geneva County High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Geneva County High School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 234). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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