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Hanceville High School

801 Commercial St, Hanceville, AL 35077 · (256) 352-6111 · Cullman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Alabama public high schools
  • C+Test 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

Enrollment
363
High
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
194 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 910328%
Grade 108022%
Grade 118523%
Grade 129526%
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
26774%
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
5114%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
175%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
247%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
17548%
Female
18852%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
22.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.2%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 Hanceville High School

Hanceville High School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hanceville High School this school36353.4%24.1%
Slocomb High School
Slocomb
35456.2%27.3%
Ashville High School
Ashville
37852.9%24.6%
Haleyville High School
Haleyville
46452.2%40.3%
Danville High School
Danville
37448.9%21.0%
New Brockton High School
New Brockton
45551.9%28.4%
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 Hanceville High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Cullman County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
24.1%#181 of 305#6 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
21.2%#135 of 305#7 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.9%#208 of 305#5 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
363#252 of 319#5 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.0:1#250 of 307#5 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
43.3%#158 of 307#1 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
53.4%#173 of 317#1 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.2%#130 of 164N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
363
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 1,336
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2536319.119.0:153% (194)
2023-2436919.618.8:166% (243)
2022-233662018.3:166% (242)
2020-213722018.6:1N/A
2017-1839118.920.7:160% (233)
2015-163651919.2:164% (234)
2010-113962515.8:154% (215)
2000-013561918.7:132% (114)
1990-911,3366321.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanceville High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (391 to 363); teachers up 1% (18.9 to 19.1).

About Hanceville High School

Among the schools in Hanceville, Alabama, is Hanceville High School, a small high school. The school counts 363 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students.

Cullman County serves 9,901 students across 25 schools.

White students make up a majority at Hanceville High School, at 74%. Next come 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 91% White among all Cullman County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

With 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hanceville High School was 19.0:1. On average, high schools in Alabama have 17.2:1, compared with 19.0:1 here. Hanceville High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 53%.

allk12 grades Hanceville High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

Hanceville High School is 21.0 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Alabama.

Cullman County has about 90,566 residents, and the median household income is $62,656, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Cullman County has 34 public schools and roughly 13,144 students.

Nearest public school: Hanceville Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Hanceville High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Under the NCES locale system, Hanceville High School is Rural: Distant.

Enrollment at Hanceville High School was 372 in 2020-21 and 363 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hanceville High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Cullman County at a glance

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Population
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students

Quick facts

School name
Hanceville High School
District
Cullman County
Address
801 Commercial St, Hanceville, AL 35077
Phone
(256) 352-6111
County
Cullman County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
363
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
19.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
194 (53%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
010102000380
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hanceville High School
What is the total enrollment at Hanceville High School?
Hanceville High School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hanceville High School serve?
Hanceville High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hanceville High School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Hanceville High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hanceville High School?
At Hanceville High School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Hanceville High School public or private?
Hanceville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cullman County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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