High Schools in Wilcox County

Wilcox County, Alabama is home to a single high school, Wilcox Central 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 3 school years, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance compared to other schools in the state.

Wilcox Central High School has faced significant challenges, including a 90.0% four-year graduation rate in the 2023-2024 school year, which is slightly higher than the state average, but a high 6.1% dropout rate in the 2018-2019 school year. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, at 14.8% in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in the Summative Assessment are significantly lower than the state average across all subjects (Math, Science, and English) for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.

Despite spending $11,539 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, which is higher than the state average, and having a student-teacher ratio of 18.2, slightly higher than the state average, Wilcox Central High School continues to face significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students. The school's 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate indicates that the student population is facing significant economic disadvantage, which may be contributing to the school's poor academic performance and attendance issues.