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Red Level School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (42).
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
Schools most like Red Level School
Red Level School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Level School this school | 535 | 63.7% | 34.3% |
| Verbena High School Verbena | 589 | 66.6% | 26.1% |
| Ragland High School Ragland | 411 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
| Section High School Section | 503 | 58.4% | 43.0% |
| Lamar County HighIntermediate Vernon | 544 | 57.7% | 51.5% |
| Billingsley High School Billingsley | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
Where Red Level School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #42 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #32 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #48 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #34 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #17 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #39 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #22 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +66.7% | #1 of 21 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 535 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 64% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 73% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 65% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 69% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 67% (255) |
Since 2017-18: students up 67% (321 to 535); teachers up 70% (20 to 34).
About Red Level School
Red Level School is a public low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels in Red Level, Alabama. It teaches 535 students in pre-K through 12. It has 21% fewer students than the average for combined schools in Alabama (about 673).
The district, Covington County, has 3,028 students enrolled across 8 schools.
Of every 100 students at Red Level School, about 84 are White. Other students are 9% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Covington County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
Red Level School reports a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher, from 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Alabama is 17.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Red Level School, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Red Level School scores 34.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.7%.
Census data for Covington County show median household income comes to about $52,456, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 14 public schools and about 6,173 students.
Red Level School's nearest public school is Andalusia High School (about 10.3 miles). Red Level School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Red Level School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Red Level School reported 289 students in 2020-21 and 535 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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