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Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALLASSEE CITY·NCES 010324001238
Tallassee High School
502 Barnett Blvd, Tallassee, AL 36078 · (334) 283-2187 · Elmore County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Alabama public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
248 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 117 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 28% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tallassee City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
31.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tallassee High School
Tallassee High School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallassee High School this school | 474 | 52.3% | 26.9% |
| Guntersville High School Guntersville | 556 | 50.4% | 31.4% |
| Gordo High School Gordo | 473 | 53.3% | 31.5% |
| TR Miller High School Brewton | 373 | 53.6% | 48.3% |
| Weaver High School Weaver | 468 | 54.3% | 34.5% |
| Dale County High School Midland City | 437 | 59.0% | 21.7% |
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 Tallassee High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #156 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #60 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #236 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #188 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #54 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #83 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #182 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #77 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
474
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 52% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 63% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 64% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 50% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 50% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 34% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 27 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tallassee High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (551 to 474); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Tallassee High School
Federal records list Tallassee High School as a high school in Tallassee, Alabama. The school enrolls 474 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Alabama is about 682, so this school runs 30% smaller than that.
Tallassee City is the local district for Tallassee High School. It runs 3 schools with 1,507 students.
At Tallassee High School, White students make up 60% of the student body. After that, the student body is 28% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Elmore County is about 73% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Tallassee High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.3:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Tallassee High School is C+. Compared with Alabama public high schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Tallassee High School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Alabama. Predicted: 46.0%. Actual: 26.9%.
Elmore County has about 89,526 residents, and the median household income is $78,243, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Tallassee High School, Elmore County has 25 other public schools.
The closest public school to Tallassee High School is Southside Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Tallassee High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Tallassee High School comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, Tallassee High School's enrollment dropped 11%, to 474. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Tallassee High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Tallassee City
- Tallassee Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 424 students
Other schools in Tallassee
- Tallassee Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Middle School0.7 mi · 424
- Tallassee Elementary School0.9 mi · 609
- Reeltown High School7.1 mi · 495
- Reeltown Elementary School7.2 mi · 446
- DC Wolfe School9.3 mi · 111
- Eclectic Elementary School10.0 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Tallassee High SchoolHow large is Tallassee High School?
Tallassee High School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 09-12.
Is Tallassee High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tallassee High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Tallassee High School have?
Tallassee High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Tallassee High School?
Student demographics at Tallassee High School are roughly 60% White, 9% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Tallassee High School public or private?
Tallassee High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tallassee City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.