Prattville High School

Prattville High School is a high school of expansive scale in Prattville, Alabama, operated by Autauga County, enrolling 1,844 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 170% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Autauga County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,888 students; Prattville High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Prattville High School lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Prattville High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Prattville High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 56.6%; actual is 29.9%, a gap of -26.7 points.

Around the school, Autauga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,481 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Autauga County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,888 students), of which Prattville High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prattville Junior High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Prattville High School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Prattville High School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Prattville High School's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,987 (now 1,844). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 64% to 53%.

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