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What's the biggest difference between Kinston School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
524
Combined
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 010081000323
Kinston School
201 College Street, Kinston, AL 36453 · (334) 565-3016 · Coffee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
221 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
20%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
74.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
57.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Kinston School
Kinston School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinston School this school | 524 | 42.2% | 63.9% |
| Ariton School Ariton | 887 | 47.2% | 56.7% |
| Pisgah High School Pisgah | 598 | 50.7% | 42.6% |
| McKenzie High School McKenzie | 487 | 55.4% | 47.0% |
| Fayetteville High School Sylacauga | 580 | 37.2% | 52.2% |
| Brantley High School Brantley | 572 | 64.3% | 41.1% |
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 Kinston School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #1 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #1 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #35 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #29 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #46 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #59 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #33 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
524
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 524 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 31.3 | 16.6:1 | 52% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 29.6 | 17.9:1 | 52% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 46% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 28.9 | 18.4:1 | 53% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 49% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 53% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 40% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kinston School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (531 to 524); teachers up 9% (28.9 to 31.5).
About Kinston School
Kinston School is a public combined-grade school run by Coffee County in Kinston, Alabama. Grades offered run from pre-K through 12, with 524 students enrolled. The average among combined schools in Alabama is roughly 673 students; this school is 22% smaller than that.
Federal data list 5 schools in Coffee County, with 2,953 students enrolled.
Most students at Kinston School are White: 89% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. Coffee County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Kinston School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
With 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kinston School was 16.6:1. Among combined schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. Kinston School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 42%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Coffee County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Coffee County, median household income is about $68,353, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The public schools of Coffee County number 18 and enroll about 10,168.
The closest other public school is Opp High School, about 6.2 miles away. There are 5 other public schools within ten miles. Kinston School's average proficiency of 63.9% compares with 42.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 524, starting from 531. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.7:1 in 2020-21, and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,920
Census ACS
Median income
$68,353
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
10,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- Zion Chapel High SchoolCombined · 887 students
- New Brockton Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- New Brockton High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- New Brockton Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Opp High School6.2 mi · 396
- Opp Middle School6.6 mi · 379
- Opp Elementary School7.4 mi · 547
- Fleeta School8.7 mi · 170
- Samson Elementary School9.9 mi · 361
- Samson Middle School10.1 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Kinston SchoolHow large is Kinston School?
Kinston School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-12.
Is Kinston School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kinston School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Kinston School have?
Kinston School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Kinston School?
Kinston School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kinston School in?
Kinston School is part of Coffee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.