Isabella High School

Isabella High School, a medium-sized combined-grade school in Maplesville, Alabama, operated by Chilton County, hosts 789 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

Chilton County comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,921 students; Isabella High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Isabella High School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Chilton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Isabella High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chilton County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Isabella High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chilton County put median household earnings sit near $65,603, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Isabella High School is one of 14 public schools in Chilton County (combined enrollment of about 7,921 students).

Maplesville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Isabella High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 789 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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