Spring Garden High School

As a close-knit unified-grade school in Spring Garden, Alabama, Spring Garden High School hosts 550 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by Cherokee County.

Cherokee County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,860 students. Spring Garden High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Spring Garden High School reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cherokee County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Spring Garden High School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at Spring Garden High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spring Garden High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Cherokee County shows median household earnings sit near $53,863, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Spring Garden High School is one of 8 public schools in Cherokee County (combined enrollment of about 3,860 students).

Nearest neighbor: Piedmont Middle School, around 5.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Garden High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 545 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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