Saraland High School

Saraland High School, a sprawling high school in Saraland, Alabama, operated by Saraland City, hosts 1,134 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% bigger than the state mean of about 682.

Saraland City comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,514 students; Saraland High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Saraland High School reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at school resources, Saraland High School lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Saraland High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Saraland High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.1%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Mobile County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Saraland High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Saraland Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Saraland High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Saraland High School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 1,041 students in 2018 compared to 1,134 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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