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What's something Highland Home School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
746
Combined
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRENSHAW COUNTY·NCES 010096000367
Highland Home School
1434 Montgomery Hwy, Highland Home, AL 36041 · (334) 441-3424 · Crenshaw County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- CTest 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
482 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
42.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Highland Home School
Highland Home School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Home School this school | 746 | 64.6% | 31.6% |
| Verbena High School Verbena | 589 | 66.6% | 26.1% |
| Excel High School Excel | 1,010 | 59.6% | 43.2% |
| Red Level School Red Level | 535 | 63.7% | 34.3% |
| Sweet Water High School Sweet Water | 600 | 58.3% | 46.1% |
| Billingsley High School Billingsley | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Highland Home School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #46 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #43 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #50 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #15 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #10 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #11 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #20 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #18 of 37 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
746
-82 (-10%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 746 | 50.2 | 14.9:1 | 65% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 53.2 | 14.4:1 | 66% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 54.1 | 15.5:1 | 66% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 66% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 50.6 | 16.9:1 | 66% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 66% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 60% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 58% (465) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 43 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Home School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (854 to 746); teachers down 1% (50.6 to 50.2).
About Highland Home School
Highland Home School is a medium-sized combined-grade school in Highland Home, Alabama, (ZIP code 36041). Classes run from pre-K through 12, and the school has 746 students.
Crenshaw County has 3 schools and 2,063 students, and Highland Home School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Highland Home School, at 67%. Smaller groups are 22% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Crenshaw County is about 71% White. Highland Home School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.9 students per teacher. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 65% of students. For comparison, public schools in Crenshaw County average 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Highland Home School is C. Compared with Alabama public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Highland Home School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 37.0%. Highland Home School scores 31.6%, 5.4 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Crenshaw County, the median household income is $48,560, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Crenshaw County is home to 4 public schools and about 2,063 public school students.
The closest public school, DunbarRamer School, is about 8.3 miles from Highland Home School. On average proficiency, Highland Home School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 82 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Crenshaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,122
Census ACS
Median income
$48,560
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
2,063 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crenshaw County
- Luverne High SchoolCombined · 745 students
- Brantley High SchoolCombined · 572 students
- Crenshaw County Career AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- DunbarRamer School8.3 mi · 46
- Lowndes County Middle School15.3 mi · 104
- Calhoun High School15.7 mi · 186
- Pintlala Elementary School15.8 mi · 170
- Fort Deposit Elementary School16.0 mi · 186
- Luverne High School16.7 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Home SchoolHow many students attend Highland Home School?
Highland Home School enrolls approximately 746 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Highland Home School serve?
Highland Home School serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Home School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Home School is approximately 14.9:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Highland Home School?
Student demographics at Highland Home School are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Highland Home School?
Highland Home School is overseen by Crenshaw County in Crenshaw County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.