Jacksonville High School

Located at 1000 George Douthit Dr SW, in Jacksonville, Alabama, Jacksonville High School is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school that caters to 756 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by Jacksonville City.

Across the 2 schools in Jacksonville City (1,685 students total), Jacksonville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jacksonville High School records that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Jacksonville High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Calhoun County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Jacksonville High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,029 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Calhoun County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), of which Jacksonville High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kitty Stone Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jacksonville High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 702 students in 2018 compared to 756 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 64% to 55% over that span.

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