Hanceville High School
- 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 by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 103 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 26% |
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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.
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.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanceville High School this school | 363 | 53.4% | 24.1% |
| Slocomb High School Slocomb | 354 | 56.2% | 27.3% |
| Ashville High School Ashville | 378 | 52.9% | 24.6% |
| Haleyville High School Haleyville | 464 | 52.2% | 40.3% |
| Danville High School Danville | 374 | 48.9% | 21.0% |
| New Brockton High School New Brockton | 455 | 51.9% | 28.4% |
Where Hanceville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In 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 164 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 19.1 | 19.0:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 19.6 | 18.8:1 | 66% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 20 | 18.3:1 | 66% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 18.9 | 20.7:1 | 60% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 54% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 32% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 1,336 | 63 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
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%.
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