Piedmont High School

As a small four-year high school in Piedmont, Alabama, Piedmont High School serves 315 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Piedmont City. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Piedmont City runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,080 students. Piedmont High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Piedmont High School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Piedmont High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Piedmont High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of +5.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,029 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Piedmont High School is one campus in the mix.

Piedmont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Piedmont High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Piedmont High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Piedmont High School has shrank 6%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.