Wadley High School

As a tight-knit unified-grade school in Wadley, Alabama, Wadley High School caters to 372 students from grades pre-K through 12, run under Randolph County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 673 students each, so Wadley High School sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Randolph County (2,089 students total), Wadley High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Wadley High School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Wadley High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Wadley High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 29.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Randolph County put median household income runs about $52,338, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Randolph County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,444 students), Wadley High School is one campus in the mix.

Handley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.9 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wadley High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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