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How has Prattville High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,844
High
DISTRICT 1,235 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUTAUGA COUNTY·NCES 010024000048
Prattville High School
1315 Upper Kingston Rd, Prattville, AL 36067 · (334) 365-8804 · Autauga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,844 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Alabama public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.8:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
694 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 9 | 469 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 498 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 459 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 418 | 23% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
32.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Prattville High School
Prattville High School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prattville High School this school | 1,844 | 37.6% | 29.9% |
| Sparkman High School Harvest | 1,770 | 36.6% | 43.9% |
| Huntsville High School Huntsville | 1,807 | 32.8% | 45.0% |
| Hazel Green High School Hazel Green | 1,454 | 40.7% | 39.7% |
| Gardendale High School Gardendale | 1,076 | 38.6% | 22.5% |
| Wetumpka High School Wetumpka | 1,219 | 38.7% | 44.9% |
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 Prattville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #130 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #116 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #137 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,844 | #10 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #291 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #55 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #269 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #129 of 164 |
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
1,844
-36 (-2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,462
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 1,844 | 88.5 | 20.8:1 | 38% (694) |
| 2023-24 | 1,845 | 89 | 20.7:1 | 48% (893) |
| 2022-23 | 1,929 | 92 | 21.0:1 | 48% (935) |
| 2020-21 | 1,880 | 89 | 21.1:1 | 36% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 1,987 | 99 | 20.1:1 | 33% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 2,066 | 96 | 21.5:1 | 36% (735) |
| 2010-11 | 2,139 | 105 | 20.4:1 | 32% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 1,694 | 79 | 21.4:1 | 18% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 1,462 | 66 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prattville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,987 to 1,844); teachers down 11% (99 to 88.5).
About Prattville High School
Prattville High School is a public high school run by Autauga County in Prattville, Alabama. The school serves 1,844 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Alabama average about 682 students.
Autauga County is the district for Prattville High School. It has 13 schools and 8,888 students.
By race and ethnicity, Prattville High School is 53% White. The school is also 34% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 71% White share among all Autauga County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Prattville High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The school employs the equivalent of 88.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in Alabama is 17.2:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Prattville High School is 38%.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Prattville High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 56.6% for Prattville High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 29.9%. The 26.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Autauga County census figures show that median household income is about $72,481, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prattville High School is among the 16 public schools in Autauga County.
Nearest public school: Prattville Junior High School, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Prattville High School ranks 5th of 5 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,880 students in 2020-21 and 1,844 in 2024-25.
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Autauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,947
Census ACS
Median income
$72,481
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
8,888 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Autauga County
- Daniel Pratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,035 students
- Pine Level Elementary SchoolElementary · 949 students
- Prattville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 928 students
- Marbury High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Billingsley High SchoolCombined · 586 students
- Prattville Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
Other schools in Prattville
- Daniel Pratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,035 students
- Prattville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 928 students
- Ivy Classical AcademyElementary · 619 students
- Prattville Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Prattville Primary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Prattville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Prattville Junior High School1.1 mi · 928
- Prattville Primary School2.6 mi · 544
- AVA Autauga Virtual Academy2.6 mi · 227
- Prattville Kindergarten School3.0 mi · 408
- Prattville Elementary School3.3 mi · 546
- Prattville Intermediate School3.4 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Prattville High SchoolHow many students attend Prattville High School?
Prattville High School enrolls approximately 1,844 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Prattville High School serve?
Prattville High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Prattville High School?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Prattville High School.
How diverse is Prattville High School?
Prattville High School reports a student body of 53% White, 7% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Prattville High School in?
Prattville High School is part of Autauga County.
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