1
Enrollment
410
High
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY·NCES 010159001869
Tharptown High School
255 Highway 80, Russellville, AL 35654 · (256) 332-6485 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Alabama public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
17.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
258 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 7 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 17% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
27.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Tharptown High School
Tharptown High School's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tharptown High School this school | 410 | 62.9% | 16.2% |
| Susan Moore High School Blountsville | 440 | 64.1% | 20.3% |
| West Morgan High School Trinity | 476 | 66.8% | 13.6% |
| Douglas High School Douglas | 727 | 64.8% | 29.9% |
| Boaz High School Boaz | 721 | 64.6% | 26.1% |
| Jemison High School Jemison | 702 | 67.4% | 20.4% |
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 Tharptown High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #234 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #234 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #169 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #217 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #147 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #80 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #110 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #45 of 130 |
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
410
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
+40% since 2010-11, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 63% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 73% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 60% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 20.8 | 17.2:1 | 78% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 40% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 76% (223) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tharptown High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (358 to 410); teachers up 16% (20.8 to 24).
About Tharptown High School
Tharptown High School is a low-enrollment high school in Russellville, Alabama, one of the schools in Franklin County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 410 students in grades 7 through 12. Against the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 40% lower.
Franklin County is made up of 9 schools with 3,563 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Tharptown High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 50%. After that, the student body is 43% White and 2% Black. Census figures show Franklin County is about 21% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Tharptown High School is 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.1:1. That is close to the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 63%.
allk12 grades Tharptown High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Tharptown High School is a bottom-10% school in Alabama on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.2% against a predicted 38.3%.
Federal survey data for Franklin County show that the median household income is $53,338, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 15 public schools in Franklin County, enrolling about 6,178 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Tharptown Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Tharptown High School has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Tharptown High School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Tharptown High School's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when Tharptown High School had 382 students, to 2024-25, when it had 410.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,966
Census ACS
Median income
$53,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,178 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County
- Belgreen High SchoolCombined · 588 students
- Tharptown Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Phil Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Red Bay ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Phil Campbell High SchoolHigh · 382 students
- Red Bay High SchoolHigh · 322 students
Other schools in Russellville
- Russellville High SchoolHigh · 753 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Russellville Middle SchoolMiddle · 600 students
- Belgreen High SchoolCombined · 588 students
- Russellville Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Tharptown Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Tharptown Elementary School0.1 mi · 541
- Russellville Middle School6.8 mi · 600
- Russellville High School6.8 mi · 753
- Russellville Elementary School7.1 mi · 576
- West Elementary School7.1 mi · 686
- Mount Hope9.6 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Tharptown High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tharptown High School?
Tharptown High School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Tharptown High School serve?
Tharptown High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Tharptown High School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Tharptown High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tharptown High School?
At Tharptown High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 50% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Tharptown High School public or private?
Tharptown High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County.
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