Summary:
Zip code 35575 is home to a single high school, Lynn High School, a small rural school in the Winston County district serving grades 5 through 12 with 256 students.
Lynn High School stands out for its perfect 100% graduation rate, well above the district's 96.2% and the state's 91.5%. The school also shows remarkable strength in upper-grade math, with 11th graders achieving 41.18% proficiency in 2025-2026—nearly double the district rate of 22.14% and well above the state's 27.21%. However, this success contrasts sharply with a dramatic "middle school cliff" in math: 5th graders hit 65.63% proficiency, but that plummets to just 12% in 6th grade and 0% in 7th grade. The school's state ranking has also been volatile, swinging from #105 (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to #216 (2 stars) in 2024-2025, then rebounding to #103 (4 stars) in 2025-2026—likely due to small cohorts where each student represents about 3% of a grade's score.
English proficiency is a consistent weak spot, trailing state averages at most grade levels, including 5th grade (59.38% vs. 69.53%) and 8th grade (42.31% vs. 58.53%). Chronic absenteeism sits slightly above average at 13.0%, and about 53.5% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. With a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1 and per-student spending of $10,312, the school appears to allocate resources efficiently, achieving strong 11th grade science scores (32.35% vs. district's 27.14%) despite middling performance elsewhere. For parents, this is a school with clear strengths in graduation and upper-grade STEM, but significant challenges in middle school math and English that warrant attention.
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