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Enrollment
598
Combined
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY·NCES 010183001532
Pisgah High School
60 Metcalf St, Pisgah, AL 35765 · (256) 451-3241 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
303 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
56.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Pisgah High School
Pisgah High School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah High School this school | 598 | 50.7% | 42.6% |
| Ider School Ider | 586 | 50.7% | 48.5% |
| J U Blacksher School Uriah | 747 | 53.8% | 38.6% |
| McKenzie High School McKenzie | 487 | 55.4% | 47.0% |
| Leroy High School Leroy | 463 | 53.3% | 40.2% |
| Skyline High School Scottsboro | 586 | 45.9% | 61.3% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Pisgah High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #25 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #31 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #27 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #23 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #51 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #17 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #49 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #31 of 37 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
598
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 598 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 51% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 30.5 | 19.8:1 | 62% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 29 | 21.3:1 | 62% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 47% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 31.8 | 19.3:1 | 55% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 58% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 60% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 46% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 29 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pisgah High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (614 to 598); teachers up 1% (31.8 to 32).
About Pisgah High School
Pisgah High School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in Pisgah, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 598 students.
Besides Pisgah High School, Jackson County runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 5,159 students.
Of every 100 students at Pisgah High School, about 70 are White. After that, the student body is 24% Native American and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Jackson County, the White share is about 88%. The diversity index for Pisgah High School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.7:1 is based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Combined schools in Alabama average 17.9:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 51%. The average for public schools in Jackson County is similar, at 51%.
Pisgah High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Pisgah High School is 4.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.6% versus 47.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Looking at the county, Jackson County, median household income comes to about $51,908, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 23 public schools and about 7,616 students.
Rosalie Elementary School, about 4.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pisgah High School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Pisgah High School was 605 in 2020-21 and 598 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.7:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,053
Census ACS
Median income
$51,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County
- North Sand Mountain SchoolCombined · 694 students
- Skyline High SchoolCombined · 586 students
- Woodville High SchoolCombined · 504 students
- Section High SchoolCombined · 503 students
- North Jackson High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other Pisgah High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pisgah High. Pisgah High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Pisgah HighCanton, NC · 859 students
- Pisgah High SchoolBrandon, MS · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Rosalie Elementary School4.7 mi · 173
- Henagar Junior High School5.4 mi · 261
- Dutton Elementary School6.6 mi · 201
- Hollywood Elementary School7.6 mi · 184
- Sylvania School8.3 mi · 915
- Scottsboro High School9.0 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Pisgah High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pisgah High School?
Pisgah High School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-12.
Is Pisgah High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pisgah High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Pisgah High School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Pisgah High School.
What is the student diversity at Pisgah High School?
Student demographics at Pisgah High School are roughly 70% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Pisgah High School?
Pisgah High School is overseen by Jackson County in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.