Enrollment
302
High
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY·NCES 010240000973
Monroe County High School
212 Tiger Dr, Monroeville, AL 36460 · (251) 575-3258 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Alabama public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
243 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 88 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 25% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
24.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
2.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Monroe County High School
Monroe County High School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County High School this school | 302 | 80.5% | 16.5% |
| Aliceville High School Aliceville | 338 | 82.0% | 12.2% |
| Greene County High School Eutaw | 250 | 81.2% | 16.3% |
| Greensboro High School Greensboro | 276 | 84.1% | 8.1% |
| Hillcrest High School Evergreen | 290 | 75.9% | 9.9% |
| Midfield High School Midfield | 327 | 83.5% | 3.0% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Monroe County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #232 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #288 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #193 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #274 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #99 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.0% | #285 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #33 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #25 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high 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
302
-40 (-12%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 302 | 18.5 | 16.3:1 | 80% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 21.5 | 14.1:1 | 82% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 22.5 | 14.3:1 | 82% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 82% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 28.8 | 14.7:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 71% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 43% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 30 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (422 to 302); teachers down 36% (28.8 to 18.5).
About Monroe County High School
Monroe County High School is a small high school in Monroeville, Alabama. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 302 students. By comparison, high schools in Alabama enroll about 682 students on average.
Monroe County enrolls 2,963 students, and its 7 schools include Monroe County High School.
Monroe County High School is 94% Black by enrollment. Next come 5% White. That compares with about 42% Black among all Monroe County residents. The diversity index for Monroe County High School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.3:1. The gap from the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama is 0.9 students per teacher. By family income, 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Monroe County is 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Monroe County High School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Alabama public high schools.
Test results at Monroe County High School are 9.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (16.5% actual, 25.5% predicted).
The school's county is Monroe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $42,292 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Monroe County High School shares Monroe County with 8 other public schools.
Monroeville Elementary School, about 2.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Monroe County High School, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.3%; Monroe County High School's is 16.5%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Monroe County High School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,388
Census ACS
Median income
$42,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,963 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County
- Excel High SchoolCombined · 1,010 students
- J U Blacksher SchoolCombined · 747 students
- Monroeville Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Monroeville Middle SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- J F Shields High SchoolCombined · 179 students
- Monroe Intermediate SchoolElementary · 55 students
Other schools in Monroeville
- Monroeville Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Monroeville Middle SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- C P Carmichael Alternative SchoolCombined
- Monroe County Careertechnical CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Monroeville Elementary School2.7 mi · 406
- Monroeville Middle School2.8 mi · 264
- Excel High School3.6 mi · 1,010
- Repton Junior High School7.7 mi · 129
- J U Blacksher School16.0 mi · 747
- J F Shields High School19.0 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe County High SchoolHow many students attend Monroe County High School?
Monroe County High School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Monroe County High School serve?
Monroe County High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Monroe County High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Monroe County High School.
What is the student diversity at Monroe County High School?
Student demographics at Monroe County High School are roughly 5% White, 0% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Monroe County High School?
Monroe County High School is overseen by Monroe County in Monroe County.
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