Lanett Senior High School

Lanett Senior High School, a very small secondary school in Lanett, Alabama, part of Lanett City, enrolls 260 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Lanett Senior High School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Lanett City comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 971 students; Lanett Senior High School is among them.

On demographics, Lanett Senior High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 38% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Lanett Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Lanett Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lanett Senior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.2%; actual is 9.2%, a gap of -25.1 points.

In the area at large, Chambers County reports that median household earnings sit near $49,656, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Chambers County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,174 students), of which Lanett Senior High School is one.

Lanett Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lanett Senior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lanett Senior High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lanett Senior High School's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 260). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 28% across the same window.

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