Glencoe High School

Glencoe High School is a high school of intimate scale in Glencoe, Alabama, overseen by Etowah County, caters to 300 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Within Etowah County, which oversees 22 schools and 8,739 students, Glencoe High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Glencoe High School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glencoe High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.6%; Glencoe High School posts 25.2%, -31.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Etowah County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Glencoe High School is one.

Glencoe Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glencoe High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Glencoe High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.