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Enrollment
783
Combined
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 010063000282
Sand Rock High School
1950 Sand Rock Avenue, Sand Rock, AL 35983 · (256) 557-3825 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- B-Test 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
365 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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
55.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
29.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Sand Rock High School
Sand Rock High School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Rock High School this school | 783 | 46.6% | 40.8% |
| South Lamar School Millport | 624 | 44.4% | 57.1% |
| Skyline High School Scottsboro | 586 | 45.9% | 61.3% |
| Fyffe High School Fyffe | 954 | 49.2% | 52.4% |
| Horseshoe Bend High School New Site | 776 | 42.1% | 45.4% |
| Ider School Ider | 586 | 50.7% | 48.5% |
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 Sand Rock High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #30 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #29 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #31 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #12 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #45 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #50 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #55 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #25 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
783
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 783 | 42.9 | 18.3:1 | 47% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 44.9 | 17.9:1 | 60% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 44.5 | 17.4:1 | 62% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 51% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 49.1 | 16.8:1 | 58% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 56% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 55% (495) |
| 2000-01 | 871 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 38% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Rock High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (823 to 783); teachers down 13% (49.1 to 42.9).
About Sand Rock High School
Sand Rock High School is a school serving multiple grade levels in Sand Rock, Alabama, reachable at (256) 557-3825. It reported 783 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25.
Across its 7 schools, Cherokee County enrolls 3,860 students. Sand Rock High School is one of those schools.
Roughly 92% of students at Sand Rock High School are White. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic. Cherokee County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Sand Rock High School is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.3:1. The 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama is close to this figure. Roughly 47% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sand Rock High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Sand Rock High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.8%, compared with a predicted 50.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Cherokee County area, median household income comes to about $53,863, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherokee County's 8 public schools enroll about 3,860 students and include Sand Rock High School.
Among nearby public schools, Collinsville High School is closest at about 5.9 miles. Sand Rock High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.4% proficiency; Sand Rock High School posts 40.8%.
In the federal locale system, Sand Rock High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 3% gain took enrollment from 762 in 2020-21 to 783 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 18.3:1.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,443
Census ACS
Median income
$53,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,860 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Centre Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Cedar Bluff High SchoolCombined · 623 students
- Spring Garden High SchoolCombined · 550 students
- Centre Middle SchoolMiddle · 450 students
- Cherokee County High SchoolHigh · 448 students
- Gaylesville High SchoolCombined · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Collinsville High School5.9 mi · 906
- Ruhuma Junior High School8.0 mi · 175
- Cherokee County High School8.2 mi · 448
- Centre Elementary School8.4 mi · 665
- Cedar Bluff High School9.4 mi · 623
- Centre Middle School9.8 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Rock High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sand Rock High School?
Sand Rock High School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Sand Rock High School serve?
Sand Rock High School serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sand Rock High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sand Rock High School is approximately 18.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sand Rock High School?
Student demographics at Sand Rock High School are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sand Rock High School public or private?
Sand Rock High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.