Highland Home School, Highland Home AL

Original Research by School Decision on Highland Home School

Highland Home School is the only K-12 campus in a very small, rural, unincorporated community of the same name in Crenshaw County. The school serves students from prekindergarten through twelfth grade, functioning as the area’s central civic institution in a place without a downtown or an incorporated municipal government. The community stretches along a highway corridor, is car-dependent, and has no public library or parks system identified in available sources. Housing values are very low, well below state and national averages, and the population density is sparse. The housing market shows minimal growth pressure, reflecting a stable, low-density agricultural setting.

The student body of roughly moderate size is predominantly white, with a substantial black enrollment and a smaller Hispanic presence. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating that the school serves a community with significant economic need. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and operates under the Crenshaw County district, which also runs two other high schools in the county.

Academically, the school’s state assessment results present a mixed picture. In the early elementary grades, reading proficiency rates are solid, with a majority of fourth and fifth graders meeting the bar. Math proficiency in those same early grades is lower, hovering around the halfway mark. The trend shifts notably in middle school. By sixth grade, math proficiency drops sharply, and it remains very low through eighth grade. Science proficiency follows a similar pattern, with eighth-grade results well below the fourth-grade level. Parents should be aware that middle school math and science performance is a soft spot in the school’s profile; a conversation with the school about how it supports transitions in those subjects would be reasonable. The school’s overall proficiency across all tested grades and subjects is below typical expectations, particularly in the upper elementary and middle school years.

State testing data for high school levels were not provided in the available information, so a parent relying solely on this data cannot assess the school’s upper-grade academic performance from that source. Graduation rate data were also missing, which limits the picture of how well the school supports students through to completion. No information was available on program offerings such as Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, or career and technical pathways, so families interested in those options would need to inquire directly.

Highland Home School is a community-anchored, all-through school in a deeply rural setting with limited local amenities and a low-cost housing market. It serves a population with high economic need and shows stronger early literacy results than middle school math and science. The lack of program data and graduation information leaves important questions unanswered, but for a family looking for a single campus from kindergarten through high school in a quiet, low-growth rural area, it fits that profile.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 55 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 349%

School 49% · District 57% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 46% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 38% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 32% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 75%

School 5% · District 7% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 13% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 61% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 63% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 71% · ▼ 4 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 56% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 40% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

Science

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 26% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

This schoolCrenshaw 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.