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Bullock County High School

Public Grades 9-12
278th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 374 Alabama High Schools
Better than 26% of Alabama high schools
Summary

Bullock County High School is a public high school located in Union Springs, Alabama, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 447 students. The school is part of the Bullock County School District, which is ranked 120 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bullock County High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama high schools, with its academic performance significantly below the state average across all subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 0.84% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 23.71%. The school's four-year graduation rate has improved, but its dropout rate remains high, ranging from 5.4% to 11.5% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, when compared to the nearby Booker T. Washington High School in Macon County, the academic performance gap is even more pronounced, with Booker T. Washington High School outperforming Bullock County High School across all subject areas and grade levels. Additionally, Bullock County High School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.8% to 55.8% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

448
Students ?
17.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,016
Per pupil spending ?
83.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 911 Sardis Road
       Union Springs, AL  36089-5108

(334) 651-8264

District: Bullock County


Feeder schools for Bullock County High School:

Elementary:    Union Springs Elementary School
Middle:    South Highlands Middle School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
81.3%
Hispanic:
17.0%
White:
1.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Alabama average (40% vs 29% meeting standards)
Ranking is trending up — up 25 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Graduation rate below the Alabama average (76% vs 92%)
!High chronic absenteeism (56% vs 12% Alabama)
!Science scores 13 pts below the Alabama average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school40%
District avg40%
Alabama avg29%
278th of 374
Alabama public high schools ?
Bottom 26%▲ up 25 pts since 2015
From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Alabama High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
120th of 135Bullock County among Alabama districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202523.4278 of 37425.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.9338 of 37810.6%★☆☆☆☆
202315.7325 of 37112.4%★☆☆☆☆
202214.5321 of 36712.5%★☆☆☆☆
202115.0319 of 37114.0%★☆☆☆☆
201911.3317 of 36613.4%★☆☆☆☆
20182.5353 of 3560.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.9335 of 3535.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.5340 of 3513.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.4350 of 3530.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201410.1331 of 3587.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201343.8269 of 35824.9%★☆☆☆☆
201216.9329 of 3588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201135.0282 of 36021.7%★☆☆☆☆
201014.0345 of 3583.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200913.2346 of 3573.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200815.9341 of 3595.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200736.7267 of 35825.4%★☆☆☆☆
200617.7331 of 3577.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200514.6344 of 3594.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20044.8348 of 3572.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202546.690 of 22860.5%★★★☆☆
202434.4147 of 23136.4%★★☆☆☆
202334.6144 of 22435.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.3131 of 22241.0%★★☆☆☆
202134.7149 of 22834.6%★★☆☆☆
201930.1159 of 22429.0%★☆☆☆☆
20189.4221 of 2230.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201727.0152 of 18919.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202541.834 of 7554.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202525.6261 of 35927.3%★☆☆☆☆
202416.7316 of 36613.7%★☆☆☆☆
202323.9272 of 35824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202218.2312 of 36715.0%★☆☆☆☆
202111.9328 of 3598.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.5303 of 35414.4%★☆☆☆☆
20182.7343 of 3471.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.4322 of 3436.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202525.6108 of 14223.9%★☆☆☆☆
20247.9139 of 1390.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.4109 of 12210.7%★☆☆☆☆
202134.372 of 11336.3%★★☆☆☆
201814.884 of 9511.6%★☆☆☆☆
201721.571 of 9323.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202540.1206 of 36743.9%★★☆☆☆
202418.8323 of 37513.9%★☆☆☆☆
202327.1258 of 34926.1%★☆☆☆☆
202211.6344 of 3614.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.6319 of 36111.6%★☆☆☆☆
201914.0316 of 35811.7%★☆☆☆☆
20186.1340 of 3492.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201715.5297 of 3155.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202515.5317 of 36312.7%★☆☆☆☆
202412.7346 of 3686.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.4352 of 3581.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.9335 of 3668.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.1296 of 36619.1%★☆☆☆☆
20199.5333 of 3576.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.5346 of 3501.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.7313 of 3397.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202545.526 of 5754.4%★★★☆☆
20247.855 of 550.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.143 of 454.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202530.6137 of 19429.4%★★☆☆☆
202436.3126 of 19836.4%★★☆☆☆
201820.0130 of 16018.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202119.8268 of 31916.0%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2025)61st percentile+35 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)55th percentile+29 vs school
Native American (2025)54th percentile+29 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2025)29th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)27th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)24th percentile~ school
White (2021)16th percentile~ school
Male (2025)13th percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics84%+60 vs state
Science19%-13 vs state
English18%-12 vs state

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Students at Bullock County High School are 81% African American, 17% Hispanic, 2% White.

Bullock County High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Union Springs Elementary School
Middle : South Highlands Middle School

Bullock County High School ranks 278th of 374 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 448 students attended Bullock County High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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