Marengo High School

Marengo High School is a micro-enrollment multi-level school in Dixons Mills, Alabama, part of Marengo County. The school educates 223 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 67% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 673 students.

Marengo High School is one of 3 schools operated by Marengo County, a district that enrolls 965 students overall.

On demographics, Marengo High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). By comparison, Marengo County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Marengo High School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Marengo High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Marengo County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marengo High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.1%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of +3.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Marengo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $43,825 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Marengo County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,270 students), Marengo High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sweet Water High School, roughly 4.9 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marengo High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 223 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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