Millry High School

Millry High School operates as a cozy unified-grade school in Millry, Alabama, part of Washington County. Current enrollment sits at 509 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 673.

Washington County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,390 students. Millry High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Millry High School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Millry High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,042, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Washington County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,390 students), of which Millry High School is one.

Washington County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.9 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Millry High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Millry High School has increased 12%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 17% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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