Summary:
Zip code 36277 is home to a single high school, Weaver High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 468 students in the Weaver, Alabama area within the Calhoun County school district.
Weaver High School is a school of contrasts, with strong student outcomes but declining academic performance. The most notable trend is its dramatic fall in state ranking, dropping from the 88th percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 39th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026—a decline of 187 positions in just two years. Despite this, the school maintains a 96.0% graduation rate, well above the state average of 91.5%, and a low chronic absenteeism rate of 9.7% compared to the state's 12.0%. The school serves a majority low-income population, with 54.27% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, and has a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1 with per-student spending of $11,432.
Academically, the biggest concern is mathematics proficiency in the middle grades, where only 10.45% of 7th graders and 14.06% of 8th graders are proficient—less than half the state averages. English performance is mixed: 7th and 8th graders score near or above state averages (53.73% and 60.94% respectively), but 11th grade English proficiency plummets to just 23.53%, nearly 10 points below the state average. Science scores are also below state averages in both 8th and 11th grades. The 11th grade English drop of nearly 10 percentage points in one year is particularly concerning and may reflect a cohort-specific issue. While the school excels at keeping students on track to graduate, the declining test scores and ranking suggest systemic challenges in academic instruction, particularly in math and upper-grade English, that will require targeted intervention to reverse.
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