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Enrollment
484
High
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIKE COUNTY·NCES 010279001112
Pike County High School
552 S Main Street, Brundidge, AL 36010 · (334) 735-2389 · Pike County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- A+Beats 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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
375 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 7 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 18% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
36.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Pike County High School
Pike County High School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County High School this school | 484 | 77.5% | 27.1% |
| Saks High School Anniston | 419 | 72.1% | 25.4% |
| Carver 9th Grade Academy Dothan | 583 | 71.2% | N/A |
| Talladega High School Talladega | 634 | 77.0% | 17.0% |
| Houston County High School Columbia | 322 | 74.2% | 34.2% |
| Eufaula High School Eufaula | 728 | 69.2% | 15.1% |
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 Pike County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #154 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #225 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #130 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #184 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #125 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #56 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #51 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #73 of 130 |
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
484
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 77% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 84% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 84% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 84% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 84% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 82% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 84% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 82% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pike County High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (447 to 484); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).
About Pike County High School
Pike County High School is the name of a low-enrollment high school in Brundidge, Alabama. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 484 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Alabama enroll about 682 students on average.
District-wide, Pike County has 5 schools and 2,124 students.
Black students are 56% of those enrolled at Pike County High School. Other reported shares: 26% White, 14% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 37% Black among all Pike County residents. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Pike County High School are from different groups.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Of all students at Pike County High School, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Pike County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Pike County High School lands at B+, ahead of 72% of Alabama public high schools.
A school with Pike County High School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 27.7%. Pike County High School scores 27.1%, within a point of that line.
In the wider Pike County area, the median household earns about $48,677 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Pike County, 12 public schools serve about 3,951 students.
The closest school to Pike County High School is Pike County Elementary School, located about 1.5 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside ten miles. Pike County High School's average proficiency of 27.1% compares with 43.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Pike County High School had 474 students in 2020-21 and 484 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The allk12 page for Pike County High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,987
Census ACS
Median income
$48,677
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,951 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pike County
- Pike County Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Goshen Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Banks SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 356 students
- Pike County Alternative Learning CenterHigh
- TroyPike Center For TechnologyHigh
Other Pike County High schools
One other US public school is named Pike County High. Pike County High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pike County High SchoolZebulon, GA · 1,075 students
Nearby schools
- Pike County Elementary School1.5 mi · 454
- Banks School7.5 mi · 384
- Ariton School9.4 mi · 887
- Charles Henderson High School9.9 mi · 546
- Charles Henderson Middle10.4 mi · 263
- Troy Elementary School10.9 mi · 1,018
Frequently asked questions
About Pike County High SchoolHow many students attend Pike County High School?
Pike County High School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Pike County High School serve?
Pike County High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pike County High School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Pike County High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pike County High School?
At Pike County High School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 14% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pike County High School public or private?
Pike County High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pike County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.