Kate D Smith DAR High School

Kate D Smith DAR High School is an intimate senior high in Grant, Alabama, part of Marshall County. The school teaches 372 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 682.

Marshall County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,494 students. Kate D Smith DAR High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Kate D Smith DAR High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, Kate D Smith DAR High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marshall County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kate D Smith DAR High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.9%; this one comes in at 34.1%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marshall County) reports that median household income runs about $62,571, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kate D Smith DAR High School is one of 37 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kate D Smith DAR High School. On composite proficiency, Kate D Smith DAR High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kate D Smith DAR High School has fell 17%, going from 449 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 95% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.