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Enrollment
586
Combined
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY·NCES 010183000668
Skyline High School
897 County Road 25, Scottsboro, AL 35768 · (256) 587-6561 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
19.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
269 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 40% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
69.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
57.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Skyline High School
Skyline High School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline High School this school | 586 | 45.9% | 61.3% |
| South Lamar School Millport | 624 | 44.4% | 57.1% |
| Sand Rock High School Sand Rock | 783 | 46.6% | 40.8% |
| Ider School Ider | 586 | 50.7% | 48.5% |
| Maplesville High School Maplesville | 592 | 49.7% | 30.1% |
| Millry High School Millry | 509 | 40.3% | 45.3% |
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 Skyline High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #2 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #2 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #3 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #29 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #56 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #30 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #56 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.6% | #6 of 21 |
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
586
+49 (+9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 586 | 30.2 | 19.4:1 | 46% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 30.7 | 19.1:1 | 54% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 28.7 | 19.8:1 | 54% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 27.1 | 17.9:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 55% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 57% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 53% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 27 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skyline High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (486 to 586); teachers up 11% (27.1 to 30.2).
About Skyline High School
Skyline High School is one of the public schools in Scottsboro, Alabama. It is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. The school counted 586 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 12.
Skyline High School is one of the 16 schools that make up Jackson County (5,159 students in total).
The share of White students at Skyline High School is 78%, a majority. It is also 16% Native American and 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 88% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 19.4:1 is based on 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Alabama public K-12 schools, Skyline High School outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Skyline High School is 10.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
In the surrounding county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $51,908 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 23 public schools with about 7,616 students, including Skyline High School.
Measured in a straight line, Hollywood Elementary School is about 10.9 miles from Skyline High School. The nearest schools with test data average 45.6%, lower than Skyline High School's 61.3%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The school's student count increased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 19.4 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,053
Census ACS
Median income
$51,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County
- North Sand Mountain SchoolCombined · 694 students
- Pisgah High SchoolCombined · 598 students
- Woodville High SchoolCombined · 504 students
- Section High SchoolCombined · 503 students
- North Jackson High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other schools in Scottsboro
- Scottsboro High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Collins Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Scottsboro Junior High SchoolMiddle · 356 students
- Thurston T Nelson Primary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other Skyline High schools
11 other US public schools in 12 states are named Skyline High. Skyline High School is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Skyline High SchoolDALLAS, TX · 3,837 students
- Skyline High SchoolSAMMAMISH, WA · 2,244 students
- Skyline HighSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 2,186 students
- Skyline High SchoolMESA, AZ · 1,995 students
- Skyline HighOakland, CA · 1,250 students
Nearby schools
- Hollywood Elementary School10.9 mi · 184
- Caldwell Elementary School12.0 mi · 579
- Scottsboro High School12.1 mi · 727
- Scottsboro Junior High School12.1 mi · 356
- Collins Intermediate School12.4 mi · 538
- Thurston T Nelson Primary School13.9 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Skyline High SchoolHow large is Skyline High School?
Skyline High School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Skyline High School serve?
Skyline High School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Skyline High School have?
Skyline High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Skyline High School?
Student demographics at Skyline High School are roughly 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Skyline High School public or private?
Skyline High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.