Muscle Shoals High School

Muscle Shoals High School operates as a middle-of-the-pack senior high in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, overseen by Muscle Shoals City. Current enrollment sits at 864 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 682.

Muscle Shoals City runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,979 students. Muscle Shoals High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Muscle Shoals High School records that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Colbert County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Muscle Shoals High School lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Colbert County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Muscle Shoals High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.5%; Muscle Shoals High School posts 38.4%, -21.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, Colbert County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,628, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Colbert County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,178 students), of which Muscle Shoals High School is one.

The closest other public school is Muscle Shoals Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Muscle Shoals High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Muscle Shoals High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 874 (now 864). White enrollment moved from 74% to 64% across the same window.

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