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Enrollment
544
Combined
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR COUNTY·NCES 010195001511
Lamar County HighIntermediate
8990 Highway 18, Vernon, AL 35592 · (205) 695-7717 · Lamar County
GRADES 04–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
314 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 10% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lamar County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
43.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Lamar County HighIntermediate
Lamar County HighIntermediate's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar County HighIntermediate this school | 544 | 57.7% | 51.5% |
| Cedar Bluff High School Cedar Bluff | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| Billingsley High School Billingsley | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
| Woodville High School Woodville | 504 | 59.5% | 33.8% |
| Pleasant Home School Andalusia | 508 | 55.1% | 49.2% |
| Section High School Section | 503 | 58.4% | 43.0% |
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 Lamar County HighIntermediate ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #9 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #9 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #16 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #33 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #26 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #40 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #32 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #9 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
544
-99 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 544 | 33.4 | 16.3:1 | 58% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 32.5 | 18.0:1 | 71% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 32.5 | 18.6:1 | 72% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 58% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 35.7 | 18.5:1 | 58% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 58% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 56% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar County HighIntermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (662 to 544); teachers down 6% (35.7 to 33.4).
About Lamar County HighIntermediate
Families in Vernon, Alabama, are served by Lamar County HighIntermediate, a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. Federal data show 544 students enrolled in grades 4 through 12 in 2024-25.
Lamar County serves 2,129 students across 4 schools.
Lamar County HighIntermediate is 84% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Lamar County, where about 86% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
Teacher count: 33.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.3:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 58%.
Lamar County HighIntermediate holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Test results at Lamar County HighIntermediate are 9.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.5% actual, 42.0% predicted).
For Lamar County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $50,000 a year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Lamar County HighIntermediate, Lamar County has 5 public schools.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Vernon Elementary School, is the closest to Lamar County HighIntermediate. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Lamar County HighIntermediate ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
The school's student count decreased 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 18.4:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lamar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,693
Census ACS
Median income
$50,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lamar County
- Sulligent SchoolCombined · 684 students
- South Lamar SchoolCombined · 624 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Lamar County School Of TechnologyHigh
Other schools in Vernon
- Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Lamar County School Of TechnologyHigh
Nearby schools
- Vernon Elementary School0.7 mi · 277
- Sulligent School10.4 mi · 684
- Caledonia High School12.6 mi · 640
- Caledonia Middle School12.7 mi · 487
- Caledonia Elementary12.9 mi · 1,070
- South Lamar School13.8 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar County HighIntermediateHow large is Lamar County HighIntermediate?
Lamar County HighIntermediate enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 04-12.
What age range does Lamar County HighIntermediate serve?
Lamar County HighIntermediate serves students from grade 04 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Lamar County HighIntermediate have?
Lamar County HighIntermediate employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Lamar County HighIntermediate?
Lamar County HighIntermediate reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lamar County HighIntermediate public or private?
Lamar County HighIntermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lamar County.
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