Enrollment
223
Combined
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARENGO COUNTY·NCES 010225000856
Marengo High School
212 Panther Drive, Dixons Mills, AL 36736 · (334) 992-2395 · Marengo County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
13.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
193 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
35.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Marengo High School
Marengo High School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marengo High School this school | 223 | 86.5% | 24.8% |
| J F Shields High School Beatrice | 179 | 81.0% | 16.6% |
| Amelia L Johnson High School Thomaston | 142 | 83.8% | 24.3% |
| Robert C Hatch High School Uniontown | 402 | 87.6% | 16.6% |
| Autaugaville School Autaugaville | 255 | 78.8% | 16.7% |
| Francis Marion School Marion | 413 | 82.3% | 19.4% |
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 Marengo High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #52 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #48 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #54 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #59 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #4 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.8% | #61 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #2 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #11 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
223
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 87% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 92% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 90% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | 88% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 13.6 | 19.6:1 | 90% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 89% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 94% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 97% (477) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marengo High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (267 to 223); teachers up 25% (13.6 to 17).
About Marengo High School
Marengo High School is a very small school serving multiple grade levels serving families in Dixons Mills, Alabama. It is open to students in pre-K through 12 and enrolls 223 students. That is 67% below the average of about 673 students for combined schools in Alabama.
Marengo County enrolls 965 students, and its 3 schools include Marengo High School.
The share of students at Marengo High School who are Black is 99%. Marengo County's residents are about 51% Black, 48 points below the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
The school has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.1 students per teacher. The average for combined schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 23 points above the 64% average for public schools in Marengo County.
Marengo High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 21.1% at Marengo High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.8%.
In Marengo County, home to about 18,851 people, the median household earns about $43,825 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marengo County number 10, with about 3,270 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sweet Water High School, is about 4.9 miles. By average proficiency, Marengo High School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Marengo High School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 4%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.5 to 13.1 over 4 years.
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Marengo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,851
Census ACS
Median income
$43,825
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marengo County
- Sweet Water High SchoolCombined · 600 students
- Amelia L Johnson High SchoolCombined · 142 students
Other Marengo High schools
One other US public school is named Marengo High. Marengo High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Marengo High SchoolMarengo, IL · 685 students
Nearby schools
- Sweet Water High School4.9 mi · 600
- Thomasville Elementary School11.8 mi · 427
- Thomasville Middle School12.0 mi · 281
- Thomasville High School12.0 mi · 305
- F S Ervin Elementary School13.4 mi · 197
- George P Austin Junior High School17.4 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Marengo High SchoolHow many students attend Marengo High School?
Marengo High School enrolls approximately 223 students in grades PK-12.
Is Marengo High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marengo High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Marengo High School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Marengo High School.
What is the student diversity at Marengo High School?
Student demographics at Marengo High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Black.
Who oversees Marengo High School?
Marengo High School is overseen by Marengo County in Marengo County.
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