Enrollment
315
High
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 010345001320
Oakman High School
10699 Main St, Oakman, AL 35579 · (205) 622-3381 · Walker County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
158 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
19.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
315
-77 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 16.6:1
% White
90%
was 90%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
5%
was 9%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Oakman High School
Located at 10699 Main St, in Oakman, Alabama, Oakman High School is a small secondary school that serves 315 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Walker County. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.
Walker County comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 7,091 students; Oakman High School is among them.
Demographically, Oakman High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest consists of 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oakman High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oakman High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.5%; this one comes in at 17.7%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Walker County put median household earnings sit near $56,509, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oakman High School is one of 24 public schools in Walker County (combined enrollment of about 10,041 students).
Nearest neighbor: Oakman Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakman High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Oakman High School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 315). Class-load math has grew: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,841
Census ACS
Median income
$56,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walker County
- Sumiton Elementary SchoolElementary · 720 students
- Valley Junior High SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Curry Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Dora High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Sumiton Middle SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- Carbon Hill ElementaryJunior High SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in Oakman
- Oakman Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Oakman Middle SchoolMiddle · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Oakman Middle School0.1 mi · 249
- Oakman Elementary School0.1 mi · 356
- Parrish ElementaryMiddle School6.2 mi · 288
- Maddox Intermediate School10.1 mi · 643
- Memorial Park Elementary School10.3 mi · 483
- T R Simmons Elementary School10.5 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Oakman High SchoolHow many students attend Oakman High School?
Oakman High School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades 09-12.
Is Oakman High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakman High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Oakman High School?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Oakman High School.
How diverse is Oakman High School?
Oakman High School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakman High School?
Oakman High School is overseen by Walker County in Walker County.
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