Summary:
Zip code 35670 in Somerville, AL, is served by a single high school, Albert P Brewer High School, which enrolls 757 students in grades 9 through 12 as part of the Morgan County school district.
For parents considering this area, Albert P Brewer High School presents a mixed picture of strengths and challenges. The school has shown positive momentum, improving its state ranking from 148th to 129th over the past three years, placing it in the 66th percentile statewide. Its most impressive academic area is science, where 45.78% of 11th graders are proficient—nearly 10 points above the state average of 36.17%. However, the school struggles in other core subjects: math proficiency sits at 25.3% (below the state's 27.21%) and English proficiency is just 25%, which is 8.7 points below the state average. The graduation rate of 89.7% is slightly below the state's 91.5% and notably below the district's 94.3%. A significant concern is chronic absenteeism, which affects 15.8% of students—nearly double the district rate of 9.3% and well above the state's 12.0%. This attendance issue likely contributes to the lower graduation rate and weaker performance in math and English.
With 53.9% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, the school serves a majority low-income population, yet it still manages to outperform the state in science and improve its overall ranking. The student-teacher ratio of 15:1 is reasonable, suggesting manageable class sizes. One caveat for parents: the most recent spending data ($11,610 per student) is from 2018-2019, so current resource allocation is unclear. Overall, this is a school with a clear academic strength in science, a need for improvement in literacy and numeracy, and a critical opportunity to address chronic absenteeism as a pathway to better outcomes.
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