Madison County High School

Madison County High School operates as a compact 9-12 campus in Gurley, Alabama, run under Madison County. Current enrollment sits at 451 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Madison County High School is one of 28 schools operated by Madison County, a district that hosts 20,691 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Madison County High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Native American, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Madison County High School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% 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, Madison County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,499 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Madison County High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central School, around 2.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Madison County High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 70% across the same window.

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