Straughn High School

Located at 29448 Straughn School Road, in Andalusia, Alabama, Straughn High School is a tight-knit senior high that hosts 433 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Covington County. Enrollment runs roughly 37% smaller than the state mean of about 682.

Across the 8 schools in Covington County (3,028 students total), Straughn High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Straughn High School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Covington County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Straughn High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Covington County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,456, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Covington County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,173 students), of which Straughn High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Straughn Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Straughn High School. On composite proficiency, Straughn High School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Straughn High School's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 433). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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