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Phil Campbell High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Phil Campbell High School
Phil Campbell High School operates as an intimate senior high in Phil Campbell, Alabama, one of the schools within Franklin County. Current enrollment sits at 382 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 682 students each, so Phil Campbell High School sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 9 schools in Franklin County (3,563 students total), Phil Campbell High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Phil Campbell High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest consists of 9% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Phil Campbell High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at Phil Campbell High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Phil Campbell High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 39.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $53,338, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Phil Campbell High School is one of 15 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 6,178 students).
The closest other public school is Phil Campbell Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Phil Campbell High School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Phil Campbell High School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 382). White enrollment moved from 93% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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