Original Research by School Decision on Elberta High School
Elberta High School is a regular public high school serving grades nine through twelve in the Baldwin County school system. The school is located in the small, rural town of Elberta in southern Baldwin County, a town founded by German immigrant farmers that still holds a semi-annual German Sausage Festival drawing large crowds. Elberta High School itself is a relatively new addition to the community; it opened to ninth graders in August of an undisclosed year and had its first graduating class in 2021, reflecting population growth in this part of Baldwin County, one of the fastest-growing counties in Alabama.
The most recent state testing results, from the 2024-25 school year, offer a single snapshot of academic performance. In English language arts, roughly half of students met the state proficiency standard. In science, the rate was slightly lower. Math proficiency was the weakest area, with a noticeably smaller share of students reaching the bar. Because this is only one year of data, there is no trend to show whether the school is improving or declining. Families who want to understand academic growth should ask the school for trend data or additional school-level information.
The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic population and a smaller number of Black students and students of two or more races. About two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the economic challenges many families face. The school serves a total enrollment that is moderate for a high school of this grade band. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported in the available records, so it is unclear what share of students receive special education services or language support; a parent may want to follow up directly on those resources.
Several key measures that parents commonly consider are missing from the publicly available data. There is no reported four-year graduation rate, no chronic absenteeism rate, and no information about discipline or staff-to-student ratios. The school’s course offerings and career or dual-enrollment programs also were not documented in the sources reviewed. Because this school is part of Baldwin County, a large county district, it is possible that many of these details are available from the district or school office. Without the data, it is not possible to compare Elberta High School to other schools in Baldwin County on these common benchmarks.
The town of Elberta itself is a low-density, car-oriented community centered on US Route 98. Civic anchors include Elberta Town Park, the Baldwin County Heritage Museum, and a local veterans memorial. The school is on a separate campus from the elementary school. The district brief for Baldwin County turned up no recent parent-relevant changes, such as boundary adjustments or program shifts, for the period reviewed.
In sum, Elberta High School is a young high school in a growing rural area, with moderate state test results and a student population that is economically diverse. Missing data on graduation rates, attendance, and academic programs mean that a parent should seek additional information from the school to get a fuller picture of what it offers and how its students perform over time.
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