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Enrollment
550
Combined
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 010063000283
Spring Garden High School
2430 County Road 29, Spring Garden, AL 36275 · (256) 447-7045 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
276 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 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 32% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
46.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
25.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Spring Garden High School
Spring Garden High School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden High School this school | 550 | 50.2% | 34.9% |
| Maplesville High School Maplesville | 592 | 49.7% | 30.1% |
| Hubbertville School Fayette | 450 | 51.8% | 43.3% |
| Sulligent School Sulligent | 684 | 54.1% | 48.0% |
| Cedar Bluff High School Cedar Bluff | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| Waterloo High School Waterloo | 337 | 51.9% | 44.3% |
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 Spring Garden High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #40 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #42 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #45 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #32 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #36 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #54 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #51 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #21 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
550
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 550 | 31.7 | 17.4:1 | 50% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 32.7 | 16.5:1 | 65% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 33.2 | 16.9:1 | 65% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 52% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 52% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 53% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 54% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 49% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Garden High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (545 to 550); teachers down 7% (34 to 31.7).
About Spring Garden High School
Located in Spring Garden, Alabama, Spring Garden High School is a low-enrollment combined-grade school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 550 students in pre-K through 12.
Spring Garden High School is one school in a 7-school district, Cherokee County, which enrolls 3,860 students.
At Spring Garden High School, White students make up 94% of the student body. The school is also 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 91% White share among all Cherokee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Spring Garden High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
Spring Garden High School counts 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.4 students for each one. Across combined schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cherokee County, the average is about the same, 52%.
Measured against Alabama public K-12 schools, Spring Garden High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.5%. Spring Garden High School scores 34.9%.
In the county around the school, Cherokee County, median household income is about $53,863, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 8 public schools operate in Cherokee County, serving about 3,860 students.
Of nearby public schools, Piedmont Middle School is the closest, at about 5.7 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Spring Garden High School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 550 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 526. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.4:1, from 15.9:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Spring Garden High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,443
Census ACS
Median income
$53,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,860 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Sand Rock High SchoolCombined · 783 students
- Centre Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Cedar Bluff High SchoolCombined · 623 students
- Centre Middle SchoolMiddle · 450 students
- Cherokee County High SchoolHigh · 448 students
- Gaylesville High SchoolCombined · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Piedmont Middle School5.7 mi · 223
- Piedmont Elementary School5.8 mi · 542
- Piedmont High School6.0 mi · 315
- Centre Middle School12.1 mi · 450
- Georgia School for the Deaf13.5 mi · 63
- Centre Elementary School13.5 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Garden High SchoolHow large is Spring Garden High School?
Spring Garden High School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-12.
Is Spring Garden High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Garden High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Spring Garden High School have?
Spring Garden High School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Spring Garden High School?
Spring Garden High School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Spring Garden High School public or private?
Spring Garden High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.