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Spring Garden High School

Box 31

Tel: (256)447-7045

Spring Garden High School serves 548 students in grades KG-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 is lower than the AL average of 18:1.
Minority enrollment is 7% of the student body (majority American Indian), which is less than the state average of 44%.
Spring Garden High School operates within the Cherokee County School District.

The student population of 548 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 34 teachers has declined by 24% over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 has increased from 12:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.13 is less than the state average of 0.32. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(AL) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	16:1	18:1

American Indian	5%	1%

Hispanic	1%	6%

Black	1%	33%

White	93%	56%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.13	0.32

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	40%	47%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	10%	5%

Cherokee County School District's student population of 4,047 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $10,122 is higher than the state average of $9,721. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $9,594 is less than the state average of $10,229. The district spending/student has declined by 23% over four years.

School District Name	Cherokee County School District
Number of Schools Managed	8	6
Number of Students Managed	4,047	2,879

District Total Revenue	$41 MM	$28 MM

District Spending	$39 MM	$29 MM

District Revenue / Student	$10,122	$9,721

District Spending / Student	$9,594	$10,229

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