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Gulf Shores High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
600 East 15th Ave
Gulf Shores, AL 36547
Phone
(251) 968-4747
District
GULF SHORES CITY
County
BALDWIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
744
Classroom Teachers
40

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.7% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Gulf Shores High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
25%
48%
28%
42%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 188 25.3%
Grade 10 180 24.2%
Grade 11 176 23.7%
Grade 12 200 26.9%
Total 744 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.3% 85.5% 54.3%
Black 3.8% 4.3% 32.9%
Hispanic 7.4% 7.0% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 1.7% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 1.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 9.3% 11.4% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 9.3% 11.4% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,712 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 1.8% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.3% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.4% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 23.4% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,026 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 8.3% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.4% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.9% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.1% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.8% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 24.8% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,609 $12,457,589 53.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $600 $1,332,600 5.7%
Staff $416 $923,936 4.0%
General Administration $379 $841,759 3.6%
School Administration $638 $1,416,998 6.1%
Operation $813 $1,805,673 7.8%
Transportation $300 $666,300 2.9%
Other $628 $1,394,788 6.0%
Total Support $3,773 $8,379,833 36.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,086 $2,412,006 10.4%
Total Expenditures $10,469 $23,251,649 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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