Summary:
Barbour County, Alabama has only one high school, Barbour County High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of high schools in Alabama over the past few years, with a 0-1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance.
Barbour County High School's 4-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 90.0%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate for the 2018-2019 school year was 9.5%, higher than the state average. Academically, the school's students perform significantly below the state average on standardized tests across all subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 0% to 43.75% in English, 2.78% to 4.35% in Math, and 5.56% to 21.74% in Science in the 2024-2025 school year.
The school has a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a high-poverty student population, and a student-teacher ratio of 18.3, slightly higher than the state average. Despite the school's poor performance, its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,688, above the state average. Addressing the root causes of the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.8% and improving resource allocation to support student learning and achievement will be crucial for the Barbour County school district.
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