Greenville High School, Greenville AL

Original Research by School Decision on Greenville High School

Greenville High School serves students in grades nine through twelve and is the public high school for the city of Greenville and the broader Butler County area. It is part of the Butler County school district.

The student body of just over five hundred is predominantly Black, with a substantial white minority and small numbers of Hispanic and multiracial students. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the economic context of the community. The city itself is the county seat and a small manufacturing hub along Interstate 65, with a historic downtown centered on a courthouse square and an industrial base that includes automobile components, textiles, and wood products. The public information available points to a community that is actively developing its industrial parks, with manufacturing employment shaping the local economy.

Academically, the school’s state assessment results for the most recent year show proficiency rates that are low across all three tested subjects. In English language arts, roughly one in eight students scored at the proficient level. In science, the figure was similar. In mathematics, it was markedly lower, with a very small share of students reaching proficiency. This is a single year of data, so there is no trend to observe, but the numbers themselves are well below state averages. There was no data on Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, or career and technical education course access in the available records, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the breadth of academic pathways, college-level coursework, and workforce training options available to students.

The school has no reported graduation rate in the data, and it is not clear from the source information whether this is a data collection gap or a reflection of a recent change in reporting. For a high school, this is a significant missing piece. A family considering Greenville High School should request the most recent graduation rate and four-year cohort outcome data directly from the school or the Butler County district office.

The comparison to other districts within Butler County was not possible, as Greenville High School is the only high school in the county’s public district, so there is no within-county peer group to place it against. This is a single-district county for public schools, which means the school serves the entire area without a nearby public alternative.

Discipline data, attendance figures, and staffing ratios were also absent from the available records. Chronic absenteeism, teacher qualifications, and school climate metrics are important for understanding the daily environment students experience, and these are gaps a prospective parent may wish to investigate by speaking with the school administration or visiting the campus.

The school building is on a separate campus from the district’s middle and elementary schools, which is typical for a high school in a community of this size. Civic and cultural life in Greenville is centered on the downtown courthouse square, with the Ritz Theatre, Sherling Lake Park, and the annual Hank Williams festival and Butler County Fair providing community anchors. Public transportation is limited, and the town is auto-oriented, relying on I-65 and US Route 31 for regional access.

For a family weighing this school, the picture is one of a small, economically challenged community high school where academic proficiency on state tests is a clear area of concern. The strength of the school in terms of course offerings, extracurriculars, and student support is not measurable from the data at hand. The low proficiency numbers, combined with the absence of graduation rate, program access, and climate data, mean that the available evidence is thin for making a full assessment. Families who prioritize strong academic outcomes on standardized measures may find the current results a significant drawback. Those who have ties to the area, work in the local manufacturing economy, or are looking for a small high school setting should treat the data gaps as an invitation to dig deeper with the school itself.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

75-79%Cohort of 153 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.

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.