Summary:
Tuscumbia City, Alabama is home to a single high school, Deshler High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has consistently ranked among the top 100 high schools in the state, with a current ranking of 98 out of 374 schools. Deshler High School is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating above-average performance.
Academically, Deshler High School excels in science and English, with proficiency rates higher than the state averages. However, the school's mathematics proficiency rate is lower than the state average. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 90.0% is also higher than the state average, though its dropout rate of 6.9% is slightly higher. One area of concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.8%, which is higher than the state average.
Demographically, Deshler High School has a student population of 472 and a student-teacher ratio of 15.1, slightly higher than the state average. Over half of the school's students (53.18%) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending of $12,124 is higher than the state average, suggesting the district is investing resources to support the needs of its economically disadvantaged student population.
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