Eufaula High School

Eufaula High School serves 728 students in grades 9-12 in Eufaula, Alabama, a community where about 69% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school is part of the Eufaula City district and currently holds a 2-star rating, ranking 258th out of 380 Alabama high schools.

When compared to nearby Barbour County High School, Eufaula stands out academically. In 11th-grade math, 15.82% of Eufaula students are proficient versus just 2.33% at Barbour County. Science proficiency is similarly strong—27.22% compared to 7.14%. Eufaula also has a dramatically lower chronic absenteeism rate at 17.0% versus Barbour County's alarming 53.3%. While both schools fall below the state average of 91.5% for graduation, Eufaula's 83.0% rate is comparable to Barbour County's 84.0%. Notably, Eufaula achieves these better outcomes while spending nearly the same per student ($12,543 vs. $12,688), suggesting more effective use of resources.

Eufaula High School shows genuine strengths with specific student groups. It ranks in the top 11% of Alabama schools for special education students (22nd of 197 schools) and in the 84th percentile for English Language Learners—a dramatic improvement from the 17th percentile just a few years ago. The school also performs reasonably well with its African American students, ranking in the 51st percentile statewide. However, there are concerns: female student performance has dropped from the 51st to 28th percentile in just two years, and Hispanic student results have been volatile. Math proficiency is improving (rising from 11.63% to 15.82%), bucking a district-wide decline. With a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1, the school's main challenges appear to be supporting female students and addressing absenteeism, which remains above the state average despite steady improvement.