Dadeville High School

Dadeville High School is a public high school serving grades 6-12 in Dadeville, Alabama, with a total enrollment of 531 students. The school is part of the Tallapoosa County School District, which is ranked 68 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dadeville High School has consistently underperformed compared to the Tallapoosa County and Alabama state averages in standardized test scores across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics was only 10.71%, compared to 18.02% for Tallapoosa County and 23.71% for the state. However, the school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 87.6% to 90.4% over the past few years, which is comparable to the nearby Reeltown High School (90.0%) and Loachapoka High School (90.0%). Dadeville High School has also experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 17.9% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Dadeville High School has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 56.73% to 78.74% in recent years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's performance varies significantly among different student subgroups, and its per-student spending of $10,217 in the 2018-2019 school year is slightly lower than the nearby Benjamin Russell High School ($10,158) and Reeltown High School ($11,041), but higher than Loachapoka High School ($20,320). Dadeville High School's student-teacher ratio has fluctuated between 16.3 and 20.0 in recent years, which is generally higher than the nearby schools.