Lyeffion Junior High School

Lyeffion Junior High School is one of the one-room-style primary schools in Evergreen, Alabama, one of the schools within Conecuh County, with 85 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 82% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Lyeffion Junior High School is one of 7 schools operated by Conecuh County, a district that serves 1,344 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lyeffion Junior High School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lyeffion Junior High School lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Lyeffion Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 22.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Conecuh County indicate the typical household earns roughly $41,327 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Conecuh County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,344 students), Lyeffion Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Evergreen Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lyeffion Junior High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 48%: 165 students in 2018 compared to 85 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 33% to 24% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.