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What's one thing Oneonta High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
401
High
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONEONTA CITY·NCES 010255001064
Oneonta High School
27605 State Hwy 75, Oneonta, AL 35121 · (205) 545-5913 · Blount County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Alabama public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
159 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 102 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 91 | 23% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oneonta City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
34.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 →
Schools most like Oneonta High School
Oneonta High School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneonta High School this school | 401 | 39.7% | 36.2% |
| Magic City Acceptance Academy Birmingham | 345 | 49.6% | 37.8% |
| Cleveland High School Cleveland | 389 | 46.5% | 37.9% |
| Fairview High School Cullman | 512 | 48.2% | 20.6% |
| White Plains High School Anniston | 396 | 40.4% | 36.9% |
| Leeds High School Leeds | 624 | 46.8% | 30.2% |
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 Oneonta High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #87 of 305 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #52 of 305 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #145 of 305 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #220 of 319 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #67 of 307 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #84 of 307 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #257 of 317 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #92 of 164 | N/A |
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
401
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,107
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 401 | 25.6 | 15.7:1 | 40% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 27.3 | 15.7:1 | 43% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 27.2 | 16.5:1 | 44% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 32% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 26.4 | 17.1:1 | 38% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 42% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 35% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 19% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 1,107 | 58 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oneonta High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (452 to 401); teachers down 3% (26.4 to 25.6).
About Oneonta High School
This page covers Oneonta High School, a small high school in Oneonta, Alabama. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 401 students on the rolls. Across high schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 682.
Oneonta City is the district for Oneonta High School. It has 3 schools and 1,380 students.
More than half of enrollment at Oneonta High School is White: 58%. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Blount County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. The school has 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama is 1.5 students per teacher. In all, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Blount County is 48%.
Among Alabama public high schools, Oneonta High School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oneonta High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools: 36.2% actual against 55.1% predicted.
Blount County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,190, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Blount County's 20 public schools enroll about 8,980 students and include Oneonta High School.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Oneonta High School from the closest public school, Oneonta Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Oneonta High School ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Oneonta High School as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 401 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 456. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.5:1 to 15.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Oneonta High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oneonta City
- Oneonta Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Oneonta Middle SchoolMiddle · 316 students
Other schools in Oneonta
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Oneonta Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Oneonta Middle SchoolMiddle · 316 students
- Allgood Alternative SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Oneonta Elementary School0.0 mi · 663
- Oneonta Middle School0.0 mi · 316
- Cleveland Elementary School6.0 mi · 499
- Cleveland High School6.0 mi · 389
- Appalachian School6.6 mi · 699
- Locust Fork High School7.1 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Oneonta High SchoolHow many students attend Oneonta High School?
Oneonta High School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Oneonta High School serve?
Oneonta High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oneonta High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oneonta High School is approximately 15.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oneonta High School?
Student demographics at Oneonta High School are roughly 58% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Oneonta High School public or private?
Oneonta High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oneonta City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.