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Greensboro High School

Public Grades 9-12
329th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 374 Alabama High Schools
Better than 12% of Alabama high schools
Summary

Greensboro High School is a public high school in Greensboro, Alabama, serving 271 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Hale County School District, which is ranked 111 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Greensboro High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Alabama high schools over the past several years, with proficiency rates on state assessments significantly below the state and county averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 5.41% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 23.71% statewide and 4.73% in Hale County. The school's performance in Science and English Language Arts is also well below state and county averages.

Despite these academic challenges, Greensboro High School has maintained graduation rates that are generally in line with or slightly above the state and county averages. However, the school faces high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.8% to 28.4% in recent years. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 84.13% to 84.27% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

276
Students ?
14.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,710
Per pupil spending ?
84.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1221 Baptist Hill Road
       Greensboro, AL  36744

(334) 624-9156

District: Hale County


Feeder schools for Greensboro High School:

Elementary:    Greensboro Elementary School
Middle:    Greensboro Middle School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
97.5%
Hispanic:
1.8%
White:
0.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 3rd percentile in 2023 → 12th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 12th (2025) from a 3rd-percentile low (2023)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Alabama average (8% vs 29% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Alabama average (84% vs 92%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school8%
District avg9%
Alabama avg29%
329th of 374
Alabama public high schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Alabama High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2High Schools in the Hale County
111th of 135Hale 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
202514.8329 of 37412.0%★☆☆☆☆
202413.6340 of 37810.1%★☆☆☆☆
20239.1361 of 3712.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.6345 of 3676.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.3344 of 3717.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.5300 of 36618.0%★☆☆☆☆
20188.9324 of 3569.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.4329 of 3536.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.7336 of 3514.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201521.6286 of 35319.0%★☆☆☆☆
201411.6321 of 35810.3%★☆☆☆☆
201323.0337 of 3585.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.4352 of 3581.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.7357 of 3600.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202533.2148 of 22835.1%★★☆☆☆
202430.2159 of 23131.2%★★☆☆☆
202319.1206 of 2248.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.7176 of 22220.7%★☆☆☆☆
202128.5175 of 22823.2%★☆☆☆☆
201949.194 of 22458.0%★★★☆☆
201831.8157 of 22329.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202512.7331 of 3597.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.6329 of 36610.1%★☆☆☆☆
20237.6351 of 3582.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4327 of 36710.9%★☆☆☆☆
202113.3322 of 35910.3%★☆☆☆☆
201918.0294 of 35416.9%★☆☆☆☆
20187.3325 of 3476.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.5319 of 3437.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202522.5290 of 36721.0%★☆☆☆☆
202419.4317 of 37515.5%★☆☆☆☆
202313.1328 of 3496.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.3330 of 3618.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.6327 of 3619.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.9282 of 35821.2%★☆☆☆☆
20189.3330 of 3495.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.3308 of 3152.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202517.4301 of 36317.1%★☆☆☆☆
202415.4329 of 36810.6%★☆☆☆☆
202314.0329 of 3588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.9354 of 3663.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.4336 of 3668.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.7299 of 35716.2%★☆☆☆☆
201812.8303 of 35013.4%★☆☆☆☆
201714.0303 of 33910.6%★☆☆☆☆
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)35th percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+9 vs school
Male (2025)17th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)8th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?
Science12%-20 vs state
English7%-23 vs state
Mathematics5%-18 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 276 students attended Greensboro High School.

Greensboro High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Greensboro Elementary School
Middle : Greensboro Middle School

Greensboro High School ranks in the bottom 12.0% of Alabama high schools.

Students at Greensboro High School are 97% African American, 2% Hispanic.


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