📍 141 AL Highway 71, Section, Jackson County, 35771
Section High School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Section, Jackson County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jackson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Section High School enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 20% American Indian or Alaska Native and 3.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 415 | 74% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 113 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
368 of the school's 563 students (65%) 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.
Section 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-50.
Section High School is one of 18 schools in Jackson County, based in Scottsboro, Alabama. The district serves 5,159 students district-wide and employs 269 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Section High School is larger than the district average of about 287 students per school.
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