📍 200 W Church St, Columbia, Houston County, 36319
Houston County High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Columbia, Houston County. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Houston County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
Houston County High School enrolls 322 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 43% White and 8.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 146 | 45% |
| White | 139 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
262 of the school's 322 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houston County High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-10.
Houston County High School is one of 15 schools in Houston County, based in Dothan, Alabama. The district serves 6,907 students district-wide and employs 379 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Houston County High School is smaller than the district average of about 460 students per school.
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