Belgreen High School, Russellville AL

Original Research by School Decision on Belgreen High School

Belgreen High School serves a single campus covering all grades from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in a rural part of Franklin County, northwest Alabama. The school sits on Highway 187, several miles outside Russellville, the county seat. It is part of the Franklin County school district, which includes only one other district in the county for comparison.

Because Belgreen is a relatively small school for a PK-12 campus, the student body is close-knit. The largest share of students are White, with a sizable Hispanic or Latino population, and a few students identifying as two or more races, Black, Asian, or American Indian. A substantial portion of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the local economic context. The school has a regular public school designation and is not a charter or magnet school.

State testing data from the most recent academic year shows a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through eight tend to cluster around half of students meeting the bar, with seventh and eighth grade showing somewhat stronger results. In mathematics, the outcomes are lower, with fewer than half of students reaching proficiency in most grades, and some elementary and middle school grades showing rates well below that threshold. Science results, available for fourth and eighth grades, land at roughly half of students proficient. When compared across the two districts in Franklin County, Belgreen\'s overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. This is a soft spot, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the specific academic supports and intervention strategies in place, particularly in math.

With the school covering all grades, there is no graduation rate data available separately for the high school level in the provided information. Advanced Placement, career and technical education, and dual-credit course offerings were not detailed, so it is unclear what upper-level pathways exist.

The surrounding community of Russellville is the county seat with a mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial character. Historically a center for iron, coal, and steel, the economy has diversified and then declined as those industries left. The downtown area is anchored by the courthouse and the historic Roxy Theatre. There is no fixed-route transit, only a dial-a-ride service. The annual Watermelon Festival brings activity downtown in August. Housing in the area is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, and the local housing market has seen a modest year-over-year decline in home values. The population has been roughly flat or slightly declining in recent years, and no major new development projects are mentioned in publicly available sources.

Belgreen High School offers a small, rural setting for a child\'s entire K-12 education. The main point of caution is the academic performance data, which shows clear room for improvement, particularly in mathematics, and the lack of information about advanced course offerings at the high school level.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 43 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 38%

School 8% · District 38% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 55% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 41% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 34% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 29% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 27% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 63% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 60% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 65% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 52% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 768%

School 68% · District 59% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 53% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Science

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 45% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

This schoolFranklin 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.