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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Zion Chapel High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
887
Combined
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 010081000327
Zion Chapel High School
29256 Highway 87, Jack, AL 36346 · (334) 897-6275 · Coffee County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL887 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
469 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 55 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
64.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
44.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Zion Chapel High School
Zion Chapel High School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Chapel High School this school | 887 | 52.9% | 50.5% |
| Sulligent School Sulligent | 684 | 54.1% | 48.0% |
| Cedar Bluff High School Cedar Bluff | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| Spring Garden High School Spring Garden | 550 | 50.2% | 34.9% |
| Maplesville High School Maplesville | 592 | 49.7% | 30.1% |
| Sand Rock High School Sand Rock | 783 | 46.6% | 40.8% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Zion Chapel High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #10 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #7 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #8 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 887 | #8 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #43 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #51 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #44 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #14 of 21 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
887
+90 (+11%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 887 | 49 | 18.1:1 | 53% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 900 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 66% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 64% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 797 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 55% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 48.9 | 17.3:1 | 60% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 59% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 56 | 13.7:1 | 55% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 52% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zion Chapel High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (844 to 887); teachers unchanged (48.9 to 49).
About Zion Chapel High School
Zion Chapel High School, located in Jack, Alabama, is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. Federal data show 887 students enrolled in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. Across combined schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 673.
Zion Chapel High School reports to Coffee County, which has 5 schools and 2,953 students.
The share of White students at Zion Chapel High School is 93%. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Coffee County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
Zion Chapel High School reports a ratio of 18.1 students per teacher, from 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Zion Chapel High School, 53% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Coffee County is similar, at 51%.
Among Alabama public K-12 schools, Zion Chapel High School outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Zion Chapel High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.5%; the prediction is 45.5%.
For the population of Coffee County, median household income comes to about $68,353, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coffee County counts 18 public schools with about 10,168 students.
Elba High School is about 11.1 miles from Zion Chapel High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Zion Chapel High School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Zion Chapel High School had a net gain of 90 students, or 11%.
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Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,920
Census ACS
Median income
$68,353
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
10,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- New Brockton Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Kinston SchoolCombined · 524 students
- New Brockton High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- New Brockton Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Elba High School11.1 mi · 224
- Elba Elementary School11.2 mi · 379
- Goshen Elementary School11.9 mi · 446
- Goshen High School12.7 mi · 356
- New Brockton Elementary School13.3 mi · 727
- New Brockton Middle School13.6 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Zion Chapel High SchoolHow large is Zion Chapel High School?
Zion Chapel High School enrolls approximately 887 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Zion Chapel High School serve?
Zion Chapel High School serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zion Chapel High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zion Chapel High School is approximately 18.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Zion Chapel High School?
Zion Chapel High School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Zion Chapel High School?
Zion Chapel High School is overseen by Coffee County in Coffee County.
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