Sardis High School

Set in Sardis City, Alabama, Sardis High School is a small high school, run under Etowah County. It educates 546 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within Etowah County, which oversees 22 schools and 8,739 students, Sardis High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sardis High School shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Etowah County as a whole.

On the resource side, Sardis High School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at Sardis High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Etowah County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sardis High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.6%; this one comes in at 25.6%, -23.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Etowah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Sardis High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sardis Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sardis High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sardis High School has stayed largely flat, going from 533 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 79% over that span.

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