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Enrollment
473
High
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PICKENS COUNTY·NCES 010273001104
Gordo High School
630 4th St NW, Gordo, AL 35466 · (205) 364-7353 · Pickens County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Alabama public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
252 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 7 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 18% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
44.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
16.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Gordo High School
Gordo High School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordo High School this school | 473 | 53.3% | 31.5% |
| Beauregard High School Opelika | 533 | 53.5% | 31.6% |
| Weaver High School Weaver | 468 | 54.3% | 34.5% |
| North Jackson High School Stevenson | 432 | 56.5% | 18.0% |
| Beulah High School Valley | 535 | 55.5% | 29.2% |
| Opp High School Opp | 396 | 53.3% | 38.3% |
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 Gordo High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #121 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #173 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #87 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #189 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #301 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #103 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #177 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #72 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
473
-61 (-11%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 473 | 21.6 | 21.9:1 | 53% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 26.8 | 17.9:1 | 58% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 24.8 | 20.7:1 | 58% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 28.4 | 19.7:1 | 46% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 47% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 50% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 33% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gordo High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (561 to 473); teachers down 24% (28.4 to 21.6).
About Gordo High School
Gordo High School is a high school located in Gordo, Alabama, in Pickens County. The school enrolls 473 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Alabama average about 682 students, which makes this school 31% below average.
Pickens County serves 2,210 students across 6 schools.
The share of White students at Gordo High School is 63%, a majority. After that, the student body is 24% Black and 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Staffing at Gordo High School comes to 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.9:1. The school's 21.9:1 compares with an average of 17.2:1 for high schools in Alabama. On the income side, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points below the 70% average for public schools in Pickens County.
Gordo High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of Alabama public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Gordo High School, the prediction is 45.3% and the result is 31.5%.
Pickens County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $46,274 a year, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Gordo High School shares Pickens County with 6 other public schools.
Gordo Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.1%; Gordo High School's is 31.5%, ranking 6th of 9.
Gordo High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 534 to 473.
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Pickens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,721
Census ACS
Median income
$46,274
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pickens County
- Gordo Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Aliceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Aliceville High SchoolHigh · 338 students
- Pickens County High SchoolHigh · 265 students
- Reform Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Pickens County College and Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Gordo Elementary School0.1 mi · 545
- Pickens County High School7.1 mi · 265
- Reform Elementary School7.8 mi · 174
- Buhl Elementary School10.1 mi · 206
- Sipsey Valley High School13.5 mi · 524
- Sipsey Valley Middle School13.6 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Gordo High SchoolHow many students attend Gordo High School?
Gordo High School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 07-12.
Is Gordo High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gordo High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Gordo High School have?
Gordo High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Gordo High School?
Student demographics at Gordo High School are roughly 63% White, 11% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gordo High School in?
Gordo High School is part of Pickens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.