NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Andalusia, AL

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7 public K-12 schools in Andalusia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,620
Students
42.4/100
Avg Resource Index
16.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Andalusia has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Andalusia sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Andalusia's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 16-point gap between Straughn Middle School and Andalusia High School shows the range hidden by Andalusia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
57th percentile
Teacher staffing
35th percentile

Andalusia Elementary School accounts for 29.9% of all Andalusia public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Andalusia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Andalusia school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Andalusia school enrollment ranges from 270 students (lowest) to 1,082 students (highest), a spread of 812 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Andalusia reports 58.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Andalusia student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Andalusia is typically wider than the Andalusia-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Straughn Middle School 50
2. Andalusia Junior High 50
3. Straughn Elementary School 44
4. Straughn High School 42
5. Andalusia Elementary School 40
6. Pleasant Home School 37
7. Andalusia High School 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Andalusia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Andalusia High School 56.9/100
  2. 2 Andalusia Elementary School 54.1/100
  3. 3 Andalusia Junior High 53.4/100
  4. 4 Pleasant Home School 23.4/100
  5. 5 Straughn Middle School 16.4/100

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Which Andalusia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Straughn Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Andalusia schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Andalusia, AL? ▼

Andalusia has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,620 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.