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Which teacher or staff member at Phil Campbell High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
382
High
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY·NCES 010159000544
Phil Campbell High School
65 School St, Phil Campbell, AL 35581 · (256) 331-2150 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Alabama public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
220 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 58%
Community
2
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 7 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 71 | 19% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
46.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
24.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Phil Campbell High School
Phil Campbell High School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Campbell High School this school | 382 | 57.6% | 39.5% |
| West End High School Walnut Grove | 370 | 54.6% | 31.6% |
| Colbert Heights High School Tuscumbia | 467 | 56.5% | 33.8% |
| Ashville High School Ashville | 378 | 52.9% | 24.6% |
| Slocomb High School Slocomb | 354 | 56.2% | 27.3% |
| Brindlee Mountain High School Guntersville | 496 | 58.5% | 31.5% |
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 Phil Campbell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #64 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #110 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #73 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #231 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #55 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #241 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #139 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #74 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
382
-61 (-14%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 961
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 58% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 25.5 | 15.9:1 | 64% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 25.6 | 17.5:1 | 69% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 49% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 24.8 | 18.0:1 | 65% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 37% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 65% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 57 | 15.5:1 | 53% (466) |
| 1990-91 | 961 | 48 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phil Campbell High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (448 to 382); teachers up 1% (24.8 to 25).
About Phil Campbell High School
Phil Campbell High School is a low-enrollment high school in Phil Campbell, Alabama. The school covers grades 7 through 12 and reported 382 students in 2024-25. The school is 44% below the average for high schools in Alabama.
Franklin County has 9 schools and 3,563 students, and Phil Campbell High School is one of those schools.
The share of students at Phil Campbell High School who are White is 87%. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
With 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. High schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Phil Campbell High School, 58% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Franklin County average a similar 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, Phil Campbell High School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Alabama public high schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.1%. Phil Campbell High School scores 39.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Franklin County show that the median household earns about $53,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Franklin County has 15 public schools with about 6,178 students, including Phil Campbell High School.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Phil Campbell Elementary School, is the closest to Phil Campbell High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On proficiency, Phil Campbell High School is behind the 50.1% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Phil Campbell High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Phil Campbell High School enrolled 443 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 382. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
This page is set up for the Phil Campbell High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,966
Census ACS
Median income
$53,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,178 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County
- Belgreen High SchoolCombined · 588 students
- Tharptown Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Phil Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Red Bay ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Tharptown High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Red Bay High SchoolHigh · 322 students
Other schools in Phil Campbell
- Phil Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- East Franklin Junior High SchoolCombined · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Phil Campbell Elementary School0.2 mi · 441
- Phillips Elementary School4.9 mi · 240
- Phillips High School4.9 mi · 200
- East Franklin Junior High School6.6 mi · 212
- Hackleburg Elementary School8.7 mi · 258
- Hackleburg High School8.7 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Phil Campbell High SchoolHow large is Phil Campbell High School?
Phil Campbell High School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades 07-12.
Is Phil Campbell High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Phil Campbell High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Phil Campbell High School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Phil Campbell High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phil Campbell High School?
At Phil Campbell High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Phil Campbell High School in?
Phil Campbell High School is part of Franklin County.
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