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Alumni: what's one memory from Stanhope Elmore High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,123
High
DISTRICT 848 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMORE COUNTY·NCES 010129000468
Stanhope Elmore High School
4300 Main St, Millbrook, AL 36054 · (334) 285-4263 · Elmore County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,123 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Alabama public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
586 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 335 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 300 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 240 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 248 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
42.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Stanhope Elmore High School
Stanhope Elmore High School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanhope Elmore High School this school | 1,123 | 52.2% | 37.9% |
| Calera High Calera | 1,018 | 56.9% | 22.0% |
| Florence High School Florence | 1,101 | 49.8% | 38.5% |
| Hillcrest High School Tuscaloosa | 1,434 | 50.1% | 18.2% |
| Benjamin Russell High School Alexander City | 852 | 58.2% | 28.9% |
| Russell County High School Seale | 1,078 | 45.0% | 16.1% |
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 Stanhope Elmore High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #75 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #92 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #99 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,123 | #53 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #128 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #32 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #183 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #160 of 164 |
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
1,123
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,123 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 52% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 1,088 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 66% (720) |
| 2022-23 | 1,181 | 60 | 19.7:1 | 62% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 1,130 | 56 | 20.2:1 | 47% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 1,132 | 58 | 19.5:1 | 48% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 1,106 | 55 | 20.1:1 | 52% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 1,188 | 64 | 18.6:1 | 41% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 52 | 18.6:1 | 14% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 32 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanhope Elmore High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,132 to 1,123); teachers up 16% (58 to 67).
About Stanhope Elmore High School
Stanhope Elmore High School is a high school located in Millbrook, Alabama, in Elmore County. It reports enrollment of 1,123 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Alabama enroll around 682, and this school is 65% bigger than that mark.
Besides Stanhope Elmore High School, Elmore County runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 11,741 students.
At Stanhope Elmore High School, Black students make up the biggest share, 44%. Enrollment also includes 39% White, 12% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Elmore County, the Black share is about 21%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 67 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama is close to this figure. Stanhope Elmore High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 52%.
Stanhope Elmore High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Alabama public high schools.
Stanhope Elmore High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.9% and a predicted 46.0%.
In Elmore County, median household income comes to about $78,243, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Elmore County counts 26 public schools with about 13,867 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Stanhope Elmore High School from the closest public school, Millbrook Middle School. The five-mile area around Stanhope Elmore High School holds 5 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Stanhope Elmore High School at 6th of 7.
Federal data place Stanhope Elmore High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,130 students in 2020-21 and 1,123 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.2:1 to 16.8:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Stanhope Elmore High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmore County
- Wetumpka High SchoolHigh · 1,219 students
- Millbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Holtville Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Wetumpka Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Coosada Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
Other schools in Millbrook
- Millbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Coosada Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
Nearby schools
- Millbrook Middle School0.3 mi · 1,071
- Coosada Elementary School1.2 mi · 797
- Airport Road Intermediate School1.9 mi · 536
- Ivy Classical Academy2.9 mi · 619
- Daniel Pratt Elementary School4.5 mi · 1,035
- Prattville Intermediate School5.9 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Stanhope Elmore High SchoolHow large is Stanhope Elmore High School?
Stanhope Elmore High School enrolls approximately 1,123 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Stanhope Elmore High School serve?
Stanhope Elmore High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Stanhope Elmore High School have?
Stanhope Elmore High School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Stanhope Elmore High School?
Student demographics at Stanhope Elmore High School are roughly 39% White, 12% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Stanhope Elmore High School in?
Stanhope Elmore High School is part of Elmore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.