📍 4300 Highway 72, Killen, Lauderdale County, 35645
Brooks High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Killen, Lauderdale County. The school has 755 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lauderdale County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
Brooks High School enrolls 755 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 5.6% Black or African American and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 648 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 755 students (48%) 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.
Brooks High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-40.
Brooks High School is one of 15 schools in Lauderdale County, based in Florence, Alabama. The district serves 7,952 students district-wide and employs 465 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 755 students, Brooks High School is larger than the district average of about 530 students per school.