Ragland High School, Ragland AL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ragland High School

Ragland High School serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof in a small, rural town in St. Clair County. The school is a regular public school and is part of the St. Clair County School System. With an enrollment that places it on the smaller side for a school covering such a wide grade band, it offers the kind of setting where students from kindergarten through high school share a campus, and families may find that the same teachers and staff know their children over many years.

The community Ragland sits in is a small, quiet town with a deep industrial history centered on cement and brick manufacturing, which remain major local employers. Growth has been very slow, and the town remains auto-oriented, with a dispersed layout rather than a walkable core. Housing values in the area are below both the state and national medians, making it a relatively affordable place to live, though the data does not include a direct comparison of school-age population trends.

Academically, the picture from state assessments is mixed and warrants a close look from a prospective parent. Across tested grades in math, the share of students meeting proficiency standards is significantly below what one would hope to see. In several middle-grade levels, the results are particularly low. Reading and English language arts results are stronger by comparison, with proficiency rates hovering in a moderate range across most elementary and middle grades, and reaching a notably stronger result for eighth graders. Science results, available for fourth and eighth grades, show about a quarter to a third of students at proficiency. Overall, the school's proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom tier relative to the two districts that comprise St. Clair County, which is a meaningful comparison set given the county's size. A single year of assessment data is available, so no trend can be established yet.

Graduation rate data was not available in the provided information, which is a gap a parent may wish to explore directly with the school. The school serves high school grades, so this is not a case where the measure does not apply; the information simply was not included in the data provided.

The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial share of students identifying as two or more races and a smaller Black population. A very high proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with significant economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so the extent of those programs is unclear.

No information was provided about Advanced Placement offerings, career and technical education pathways, dual-enrollment programs, or extracurricular activities. Similarly, data on discipline, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, and class sizes was absent. The school's website was not provided, so a parent looking for that information would need to contact the school directly or visit its site to learn about what programs are available.

For a family considering this school, the key factors are its small, rural, K-12 environment, the affordability of the surrounding housing market, and the academic performance data that shows clear areas of strength in reading alongside areas where math results are a concern. The school serves a community with high economic need, and the absence of information on several common metrics means a parent may need to be proactive in gathering details about programs, support services, and post-secondary readiness. This is a school where the community context and the day-to-day experience of a small, multi-grade campus are likely to matter as much as the test scores to a family deciding if it is the right fit.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 23 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 328%

School 28% · District 50% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 48% · ▼ 11 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 35% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 35% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 72%

School 2% · District 22% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 21% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 82% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 68% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 69% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 62% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 57% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 51% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 50% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 34% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolSt Clair 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.