Enrollment
188
High
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS COUNTY·NCES 010111000402
Keith MiddleHigh School
1166 Dallas Road 115, Orrville, AL 36767 · (334) 875-4155 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL188 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Alabama public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
169 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 14% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
17.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Keith MiddleHigh School
Keith MiddleHigh School's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith MiddleHigh School this school | 188 | 89.9% | 10.3% |
| Calhoun High School Letohatchee | 186 | 88.7% | 4.1% |
| Southside High School Selma | 285 | 89.1% | 4.6% |
| Linden High School Linden | 126 | 87.3% | 7.1% |
| Greensboro High School Greensboro | 276 | 84.1% | 8.1% |
| Wilcox Central High School Camden | 340 | 89.4% | 6.9% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Keith MiddleHigh School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #264 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #269 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #241 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 188 | #309 of 319 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #3 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #15 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high 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
188
-33 (-15%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 188 | 10.2 | 18.5:1 | 90% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 13.3 | 15.0:1 | 89% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 14.2 | 15.3:1 | 88% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 20 | 11.1:1 | 89% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 21.5 | 13.1:1 | 89% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 76% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | N/A | N/A | 92% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 82% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keith MiddleHigh School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (280 to 188); teachers down 53% (21.5 to 10.2).
About Keith MiddleHigh School
Keith MiddleHigh School is a high school in Orrville, Alabama, and it is part of Dallas County. The school covers grades 6 through 12 and reported 188 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Alabama enroll around 682, and this school is 72% below that mark.
Keith MiddleHigh School sits within Dallas County, which has 11 schools and 2,283 students.
By race and ethnicity, Keith MiddleHigh School is 96% Black. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial. Dallas County as a whole is about 70% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Keith MiddleHigh School are from different groups.
Keith MiddleHigh School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1, with 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Alabama is 17.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Keith MiddleHigh School.
Keith MiddleHigh School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Alabama public high schools.
A school with Keith MiddleHigh School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 18.7%. Keith MiddleHigh School scores 10.3%, 8.4 points below that line.
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $35,627 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dallas County number 23, with about 4,584 students.
About 4.2 miles separate Keith MiddleHigh School from the closest public school, Salem Elementary School. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Keith MiddleHigh School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Keith MiddleHigh School is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 221 in 2020-21 to 188 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.1:1 to 18.5:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Keith MiddleHigh School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,858
Census ACS
Median income
$35,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,584 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dallas County
- Valley Grande Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Dallas County High SchoolHigh · 334 students
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
- Brantley Elementary SchoolElementary · 204 students
- William R Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 180 students
- Tipton Durant Middle SchoolMiddle · 176 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Elementary School4.2 mi · 155
- ABC Elementary10.9 mi · 103
- Meadowview Elementary School12.4 mi · 334
- Tipton Durant Middle School13.9 mi · 176
- The RBHudson STEAM Academy14.9 mi · 279
- Clark Elementary School15.2 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About Keith MiddleHigh SchoolHow large is Keith MiddleHigh School?
Keith MiddleHigh School enrolls approximately 188 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Keith MiddleHigh School serve?
Keith MiddleHigh School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Keith MiddleHigh School have?
Keith MiddleHigh School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Keith MiddleHigh School?
Student demographics at Keith MiddleHigh School are roughly 1% White, 96% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Keith MiddleHigh School in?
Keith MiddleHigh School is part of Dallas County.
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