Schools in Highland Lake · Blount County School District
Highland Lake’s public schools beat 66% of Alabama districts
The public schools Highland Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
62%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
45%
▼ 0 pts vs AL 45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
▼ 2 pts vs AL 22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 4 pts vs AL 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.9K
▼ 15% vs AL $13.9K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Highland Lake compares
B− Test scoresB+ Graduation
Alabama school districts we grade (143)Better than 66%
Lower resultsHigher results
Alabama towns with similar household incomes (213)Better than 62%
High confidence. Built on 4,027 tested students and a graduating class of 528; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alabama only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Highland Lake.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach K in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 5th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 6th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, Blountsville Elementary School and Susan Moore Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 7th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Appalachian School, JB Pennington High School and Susan Moore High School and more.
7 schools teach 8th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Hayden High School, Appalachian School and JB Pennington High School and more.
7 schools teach 9th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Hayden High School, Appalachian School and JB Pennington High School and more.
7 schools teach 10th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Hayden High School, Appalachian School and JB Pennington High School and more.
7 schools teach 11th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Hayden High School, Appalachian School and JB Pennington High School and more.
7 schools teach 12th grade in Highland Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Southeastern School, Hayden High School, Appalachian School and JB Pennington High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–127 schoolsDepends on your address
127 high schoolsDepends on your address
127 high schoolsDepends on your address
127 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading45%
State average 45.4%
Math20%
State average 22%
Every school in Highland Lake
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Highland Lake · in other towns
Southeastern School
B−822 students19:1Rate it →
Appalachian School
B−699 students19:1Rate it →
Blountsville Elementary School
B648 students18:1Rate it →
Susan Moore Elementary School
B−582 students19:1Rate it →
Locust Fork Elementary
A−534 students18:1Rate it →
Hayden Primary School
530 students16:1Rate it →
Cleveland Elementary School
B+499 students16:1Rate it →
Hayden Elementary School
A−298 students20:1Rate it →
JB Pennington High School
B−507 students20:1Rate it →
Susan Moore High School
C440 students18:1Rate it →
Hayden Middle School
B+437 students18:1Rate it →
Locust Fork High School
C+417 students23:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Highland Lake
There’s no college in Highland Lake, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, 23.4 miles away.
Jefferson State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Birmingham
23.4 mi5,747 students
George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleCommunity college · Public · Hanceville
24 mi4,737 students
Gadsden State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Gadsden
25.6 mi3,579 students
Snead State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Boaz
25.7 mi1,318 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Highland Lake. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Alabama. Stars are from neighbors.