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Alumni: what's one memory from Horseshoe Bend High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
776
Combined
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALLAPOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010321000038
Horseshoe Bend High School
10684 Highway 22 E, New Site, AL 36256 · (256) 329-9110 · Tallapoosa County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
17.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
327 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
58.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
36.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Horseshoe Bend High School
Horseshoe Bend High School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend High School this school | 776 | 42.1% | 45.4% |
| North Sand Mountain School Higdon | 694 | 39.3% | 49.4% |
| Thorsby High School Thorsby | 895 | 41.7% | 38.2% |
| Isabella High School Maplesville | 789 | 44.7% | 38.5% |
| South Lamar School Millport | 624 | 44.4% | 57.1% |
| Sand Rock High School Sand Rock | 783 | 46.6% | 40.8% |
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 Horseshoe Bend High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #18 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #16 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #24 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #13 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #37 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #49 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #60 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #26 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
776
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 818
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 776 | 44.7 | 17.4:1 | 42% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 788 | 45.6 | 17.3:1 | 58% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 57% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 45% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 45.1 | 18.0:1 | 49% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 47% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 54 | 13.9:1 | 54% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 38% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horseshoe Bend High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (811 to 776); teachers down 1% (45.1 to 44.7).
About Horseshoe Bend High School
Horseshoe Bend High School operates as a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in New Site, Alabama. The school covers pre-K through 12 and reported 776 students in 2024-25.
Horseshoe Bend High School is in Tallapoosa County, a district with 2,822 students across 5 schools.
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. It is also 4% Black and 3% Hispanic. Tallapoosa County's residents are about 68% White, 24 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Tallapoosa County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Horseshoe Bend High School lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.3%. Horseshoe Bend High School scores 45.4%.
The school's county is Tallapoosa County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $59,356 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Horseshoe Bend High School shares Tallapoosa County with 10 other public schools.
The closest school to Horseshoe Bend High School is Jim Pearson Elementary School, located about 9.3 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within ten miles of Horseshoe Bend High School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Horseshoe Bend High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Horseshoe Bend High School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Horseshoe Bend High School had 783 students in 2020-21 and 776 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Tallapoosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,938
Census ACS
Median income
$59,356
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,658 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tallapoosa County
- Dadeville Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Dadeville High SchoolHigh · 534 students
- Reeltown High SchoolHigh · 495 students
- Reeltown Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Edward Bell Career Technical CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Jim Pearson Elementary School9.3 mi · 704
- Nathaniel H Stephens Elementary School9.3 mi · 436
- Alexander City Middle School9.6 mi · 430
- Benjamin Russell High School10.0 mi · 852
- William L Radney Elementary School11.4 mi · 414
- Dadeville Elementary School13.1 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Horseshoe Bend High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horseshoe Bend High School?
Horseshoe Bend High School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-12.
Is Horseshoe Bend High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horseshoe Bend High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Horseshoe Bend High School have?
Horseshoe Bend High School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Horseshoe Bend High School?
Student demographics at Horseshoe Bend High School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Horseshoe Bend High School in?
Horseshoe Bend High School is part of Tallapoosa County.
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