Pike Road High School

Pike Road High School is a high school of medium-sized scale in Pike Road, Alabama, part of Pike Road City, teacheing 833 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Within Pike Road City, which oversees 4 schools and 2,822 students, Pike Road High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Pike Road High School logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pike Road High School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pike Road High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.6%; Pike Road High School posts 35.5%, -31.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household income runs about $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Pike Road High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pike Road Jr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pike Road High School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.