Holtville High School

Holtville High School is one of the close-knit four-year high schools in Deatsville, Alabama, one of the schools within Elmore County, with 555 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Holtville High School is one of 16 schools operated by Elmore County, a district that serves 11,741 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Holtville High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Elmore County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holtville High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 42.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Elmore County put median household income runs about $78,243, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Elmore County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,867 students), Holtville High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Holtville Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Holtville High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holtville High School has climbed 17%, going from 476 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 85% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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