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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Locust Fork High School this year?
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Enrollment
417
High
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042000210
Locust Fork High School
77 School Rd, Locust Fork, AL 35097 · (205) 681-7846 · Blount County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Alabama public high schools
- A-Test 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.
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
23.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
194 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 7 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 19% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
50.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Locust Fork High School
Locust Fork High School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Fork High School this school | 417 | 46.5% | 40.3% |
| Cherokee County High School Centre | 448 | 47.8% | 39.8% |
| Danville High School Danville | 374 | 48.9% | 21.0% |
| West Blocton High School West Blocton | 368 | 43.8% | 20.2% |
| Hamilton High School Hamilton | 449 | 50.1% | 29.4% |
| Winfield High School Winfield | 344 | 44.5% | 52.1% |
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 Locust Fork High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #59 of 305 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #88 of 305 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #52 of 305 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #215 of 319 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #304 of 307 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #249 of 307 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #225 of 317 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #56 of 164 | N/A |
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
417
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 907
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 417 | 17.9 | 23.3:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 18.9 | 22.0:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 22.8 | 17.8:1 | 62% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 50% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 26.4 | 19.1:1 | 45% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 47% (341) |
| 2000-01 | 1,211 | 62 | 19.5:1 | 33% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 907 | 42 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locust Fork High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (505 to 417); teachers down 32% (26.4 to 17.9).
About Locust Fork High School
Families in Locust Fork, Alabama, are served by Locust Fork High School, a low-enrollment high school. The school counts 417 students across grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students.
Blount County serves 7,600 students across 14 schools.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Locust Fork High School. Other students are 9% Hispanic and 2% Black. For comparison, Blount County is about 88% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Locust Fork High School is 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.3:1. This ratio sits 6.1 above the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. For comparison, public schools in Blount County average 48%.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Locust Fork High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Locust Fork High School would score about 50.1%. It scores 40.3%, 9.9 points below that figure.
Among Blount County residents, the median household income is $64,190, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Locust Fork High School is one of 20 public schools in the county.
Locust Fork Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around Locust Fork High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Locust Fork High School's average proficiency of 40.3% compares with 54.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locust Fork High School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 446. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.4:1 in 2020-21, and 23.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Locust Fork High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Hayden High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Locust Fork ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Fork Elementary0.1 mi · 534
- Southeastern School5.7 mi · 822
- Cleveland High School6.4 mi · 389
- Cleveland Elementary School6.4 mi · 499
- Oneonta Middle School7.1 mi · 316
- Oneonta High School7.1 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Locust Fork High SchoolHow large is Locust Fork High School?
Locust Fork High School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Locust Fork High School serve?
Locust Fork High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Locust Fork High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Locust Fork High School is approximately 23.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Locust Fork High School?
At Locust Fork High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Locust Fork High School public or private?
Locust Fork High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blount County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.