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Which teacher or staff member at Weaver High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
468
High
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY·NCES 010054000247
Weaver High School
917 Clairmont Dr, Weaver, AL 36277 · (256) 741-7201 · Calhoun County
GRADES 07–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
254 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 7 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 17% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
48.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Weaver High School
Weaver High School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver High School this school | 468 | 54.3% | 34.5% |
| Opp High School Opp | 396 | 53.3% | 38.3% |
| Beulah High School Valley | 535 | 55.5% | 29.2% |
| Fayette County High School Fayette | 366 | 53.8% | 28.0% |
| Gordo High School Gordo | 473 | 53.3% | 31.5% |
| Central High School of Clay County Lineville | 533 | 58.5% | 17.1% |
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 Weaver High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Calhoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #97 of 305 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #183 of 305 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #61 of 305 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #191 of 319 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #112 of 307 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #143 of 307 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #166 of 317 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #88 of 164 | #5 of 7 |
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
468
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 468 | 28.3 | 16.5:1 | 54% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 29.3 | 16.3:1 | 70% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 26.5 | 19.5:1 | 67% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 60% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 57% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 54% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 24 | 19.7:1 | 32% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 25 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weaver High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (531 to 468); teachers down 2% (29 to 28.3).
About Weaver High School
A small high school in Weaver, Alabama, Weaver High School is part of Calhoun County. A federal count lists 468 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Alabama) has about 682 students.
Weaver High School is one school in a 17-school district, Calhoun County, which enrolls 7,997 students.
White students are the majority at Weaver High School, with 70% of enrollment. It is also 21% Black and 6% Hispanic. That is close to the 70% White share among all Calhoun County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 28.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. That matches the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Weaver High School is 10.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.5%. Predicted: 44.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Calhoun County, the median household income is $55,029, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Calhoun County has 38 public schools and roughly 16,686 students.
Weaver Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Weaver High School. On state test proficiency, Weaver High School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Weaver High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment at Weaver High School declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 481 to 468 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (17.8:1).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,090
Census ACS
Median income
$55,029
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
16,686 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County
- Alexandria Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Saks Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Alexandria Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
Other Weaver High schools
One other US public school is named Weaver High. Weaver High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Weaver High SchoolHartford, CT · 721 students
Nearby schools
- Weaver Elementary School1.1 mi · 544
- Anniston Middle School2.7 mi · 357
- Saks High School3.1 mi · 419
- Saks Elementary School3.1 mi · 625
- EXCEL Academy3.2 mi · 196
- Alexandria Elementary School3.6 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Weaver High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Weaver High School?
Weaver High School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Weaver High School serve?
Weaver High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Weaver High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Weaver High School.
What is the student diversity at Weaver High School?
Student demographics at Weaver High School are roughly 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Weaver High School in?
Weaver High School is part of Calhoun County.
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