Asbury High School

Asbury High School in Albertville, AL, serves 659 students in grades 6-12 as part of the Marshall County school district, where 72.5% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Asbury is currently facing a significant academic challenge. The school's state ranking dropped dramatically from the 46th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 19th percentile in 2025-2026, placing it in the bottom fifth of Alabama high schools. The most concerning area is mathematics, where proficiency rates have collapsed across all grade levels. In 8th grade, not a single student scored proficient on the state math assessment (0%), and only 2.9% of 11th graders demonstrated math proficiency. This represents a sharp decline from the previous year, when 11th grade math proficiency was 19.7%. The school also saw a 70-percentile-point drop in outcomes for English Language Learner students, falling from the 81st percentile to the 11th percentile in just one year. When compared to nearby schools, the contrast is stark: Kate D Smith DAR High School ranks in the 74th percentile, Brindlee Mountain High School in the 60th percentile, and even Albertville High School, which serves a similar demographic, now outperforms Asbury in every subject.

Despite these academic struggles, there are some positive signs. Asbury's graduation rate has improved to 93.7%, above both the district and state averages, and chronic absenteeism has dropped to just 3.6%—far better than the state average of 12.0%. Students are showing up to school, but the learning outcomes are not following. The middle school grades (6-8) show the most severe deficiencies, suggesting that students are entering high school without foundational math skills. With the district ranking in the bottom third of Alabama, Asbury is at a critical juncture where targeted intervention in math instruction and support for English Language Learners will be essential to reverse this trajectory.