1
What do you wish you knew before starting at Smiths Station High School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,588
High
DISTRICT 733 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY·NCES 010207000795
Smiths Station High School
4228 PANTHER PARKWAY, Smiths Station, AL 36877 · (334) 664-4060 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,588 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Alabama public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
619 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 461 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 427 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 357 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 343 | 22% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
25.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Smiths Station High School
Smiths Station High School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Station High School this school | 1,588 | 39.0% | 23.9% |
| Hazel Green High School Hazel Green | 1,454 | 40.7% | 39.7% |
| Wetumpka High School Wetumpka | 1,219 | 38.7% | 44.9% |
| Huntsville High School Huntsville | 1,807 | 32.8% | 45.0% |
| Saraland High School Saraland | 1,134 | 42.4% | 43.0% |
| Gardendale High School Gardendale | 1,076 | 38.6% | 22.5% |
Matched among Alabama high 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 Smiths Station High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #183 of 305 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #148 of 305 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #188 of 305 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,588 | #20 of 319 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #65 of 307 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #92 of 307 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #262 of 317 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #50 of 130 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,588
+264 (+20%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 2,038
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,588 | 101.7 | 15.6:1 | 39% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 1,222 | 80.8 | 15.1:1 | 49% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 1,286 | 77.8 | 16.5:1 | 49% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 1,324 | 75 | 17.6:1 | 27% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 1,398 | 79.7 | 17.5:1 | 44% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 1,463 | 80 | 18.3:1 | 38% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 1,866 | 109 | 17.1:1 | 37% (692) |
| 2000-01 | 1,483 | 93 | 15.9:1 | 22% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 2,038 | 97 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smiths Station High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,398 to 1,588); teachers up 28% (79.7 to 101.7).
About Smiths Station High School
Smiths Station High School is a high school in Smiths Station, Alabama, and it is part of Lee County. There are 1,588 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Alabama enroll around 682, and this school is 133% larger than that mark.
Lee County is the district for Smiths Station High School. It has 13 schools and 9,026 students.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at Smiths Station High School. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Lee County, where about 66% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Smiths Station High School totals 101.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The average for high schools in Alabama is 17.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Smiths Station High School is about 39%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lee County is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Smiths Station High School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Alabama public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Smiths Station High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools: 23.9% actual against 55.6% predicted.
The school is in Lee County, where the median household earns about $65,824 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Lee County, 41 public schools serve about 24,812 students.
Smiths Station High School's closest public school neighbor is East Smiths Station Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Smiths Station High School at 7th of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,324 to 1,588, a 20% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.6:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Smiths Station High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,134
Census ACS
Median income
$65,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
24,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County
- Smiths Station Junior High SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- West Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 811 students
- East Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Beauregard Elementary SchoolElementary · 783 students
- Beulah Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- South Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
Other schools in Smiths Station
- Smiths Station Junior High SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- West Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 811 students
- East Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- South Smiths Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Smith Station Freshman CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- East Smiths Station Elementary School1.1 mi · 785
- Smiths Station Junior High School1.5 mi · 910
- South Smiths Station Elementary School1.5 mi · 669
- West Smiths Station Elementary School2.5 mi · 811
- Lakewood Elementary School2.9 mi · 455
- Lakewood Primary School2.9 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Smiths Station High SchoolHow many students attend Smiths Station High School?
Smiths Station High School enrolls approximately 1,588 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Smiths Station High School serve?
Smiths Station High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Smiths Station High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Smiths Station High School is approximately 15.6:1 (102 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Smiths Station High School?
Student demographics at Smiths Station High School are roughly 63% White, 9% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Smiths Station High School?
Smiths Station High School is overseen by Lee County in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.