Valley Head High School

Set in Valley Head, Alabama, Valley Head High School is a low-enrollment K-12 campus, one of the schools within DeKalb County. It caters to 517 students across grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 673.

Across the 12 schools in DeKalb County (8,769 students total), Valley Head High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Valley Head High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Valley Head High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Valley Head High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley Head High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 33.0%.

In the surrounding community, DeKalb County reports that median household income runs about $51,204, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Valley Head High School is one of 20 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 12,277 students).

Nearest neighbor: Little Ridge Intermediate School, around 5.8 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Valley Head High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 60% to 67%.

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