Billingsley High School, Billingsley AL

Original Research by School Decision on Billingsley High School

Billingsley High School is a single K-12 public school in the small, rural village of Billingsley in north-central Autauga County. The town itself has very little commercial activity; it grew around a railroad-era boom more than a century ago and has since remained a tiny crossroads with a few county roads and a Norfolk Southern freight line running through the center. Today its population is small and aging, with most working residents commuting to jobs elsewhere. The school is the only one in the village and serves the entire community from prekindergarten through twelfth grade in a single building.

The student body is modest in size for a PK-12 school, and the demographic composition is predominantly White, with a substantial Black minority and smaller shares of Hispanic and multiracial students. A high proportion of students come from low-income households. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to national benchmarks and have seen notable recent growth, though local median household income is very low, which may present affordability pressures for some families.

State assessment data from the 2024-25 school year is available for math, English language arts, and science across grades three through eight. Results vary sharply by grade and subject. In elementary grades, math proficiency is moderate but drops considerably in seventh and eighth grades, where proficiency is very low. English language arts performance is stronger, with several elementary and middle grades reaching solid proficiency levels, though the middle school grades show a clear step down. Science is tested in fourth and eighth grades; fourth-grade results are moderate, while eighth-grade results are low. Because only one year of data is available, no trend can be established, and the pattern of declining performance in the middle school years is something a parent may want to explore further with the school.

No information was provided about high school graduation rates, course offerings such as Advanced Placement or dual enrollment, or career and technical programs. Data on discipline, staffing, attendance, and special education or English learner populations were also absent from the available records. The school does not appear to have a charter or magnet designation, and Title I status was not reported. A comparison to other districts in Autauga County was not possible because the county has only one school district.

For families considering Billingsley High School, the picture is of a small, rural community school serving a broad age range in a single setting. Academic performance is uneven, with some bright spots in elementary English language arts but notable weakness in middle-grades math and science. The limited data on high school outcomes and program offerings means that parents interested in secondary pathways—whether college preparatory or career-focused—would need to seek that information directly from the school. The setting is isolated, with few local amenities, and most families likely commute to larger towns for work and services.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 32 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

373 schools plotted. 7 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 56% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 45% · ▼ 8 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 48% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 39% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 78%

School 8% · District 20% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 28% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 72% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 66% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 76% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 70% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 54% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 61% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Science

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 48% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 41% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

This schoolAutauga County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.