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Sparkman High School

2616 Jeff Rd, Harvest, AL 35749 · (256) 837-0331 · Madison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,770 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,770
High
DISTRICT 961 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
648 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 991%
Grade 1058933%
Grade 1160634%
Grade 1256632%
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
77744%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
17510%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
63236%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
332%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
925%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
543%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
70%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
94453%
Female
82647%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
50.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
31.4%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →

Where Sparkman High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Madison County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.9%#42 of 305#7 of 12
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.4%#64 of 305#7 of 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#54 of 305#5 of 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,770#12 of 319#4 of 13
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.1:1#277 of 307#13 of 13
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.6%#14 of 307#2 of 13
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
36.6%#271 of 317#7 of 13
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.4%#162 of 164N/A
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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,770
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+122% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,7708820.1:137% (648)
2023-241,7708720.4:139% (694)
2022-231,73891.918.9:137% (647)
2020-211,7818421.2:122% (395)
2017-181,7778720.4:125% (442)
2015-161,8328521.6:126% (483)
2010-111,90010518.1:123% (429)
2000-011,4897320.4:113% (188)
1990-917964019.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sparkman High School.

About Sparkman High School

Sparkman High School is a high-enrollment high school located in Harvest, Alabama. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,770 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students, so this school is 160% bigger than average.

Sparkman High School is in Madison County, a district with 20,691 students across 28 schools.

Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Sparkman High School, at 44%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Madison County's residents are about 63% White, 19 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

At Sparkman High School, 88 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.1:1. On average, high schools in Alabama have 17.2:1, compared with 20.1:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 37% of enrollment.

Compared with Alabama schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sparkman High School's results are 13.4 points below predicted: 43.9% against 57.3%.

Sparkman High School is located in Madison County, where the median household income is $86,499, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Sparkman High School, Madison County has 88 other public schools.

Sparkman Ninth Grade School is the public school closest to Sparkman High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sparkman High School at 5th of 8.

Locale data from NCES put Sparkman High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,781) and 2024-25 (1,770). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.1:1, from 21.2:1.

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Madison County at a glance

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Population
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students

Quick facts

School name
Sparkman High School
District
Madison County
Address
2616 Jeff Rd, Harvest, AL 35749
Phone
(256) 837-0331
County
Madison County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,770
Teachers (FTE)
88
Student–teacher ratio
20.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
648 (37%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
010222000848
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other schools in Harvest
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Frequently asked questions

About Sparkman High School
How large is Sparkman High School?
Sparkman High School enrolls approximately 1,770 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sparkman High School serve?
Sparkman High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sparkman High School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Sparkman High School.
How diverse is Sparkman High School?
Sparkman High School reports a student body of 44% White, 10% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sparkman High School?
Sparkman High School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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