High · Alabama
West Limestone High School
West Limestone High School, a public high school in Lester, Alabama: grades 6–12, 736 students, 18.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Limestone County.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 736
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 72% of high schools in Alabama
Median 17.2 · 318 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 69% of high schools in Alabama
Median 526 · 323 schools compared
Larger than 66% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%61%proficient
+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of high schools in Alabama
Median 55% · 93 high schools compared
296 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%32%proficient
+8.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of high schools in Alabama
Median 17% · 91 high schools compared
299 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Limestone County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Limestone County.
Location
- Address
- 10945 School House Rd, Lester, AL 35647
- Phone
- (256)233-6687
- County
- Limestone County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–12 | 597 | 16.1 | 48% | 20% | |
| 6–12 | 525 | 16.7 | 49% | 17% | |
Lauderdale County High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 542 | 17.2 | 59% | 17% |
| 9–12 | 1,278 | 17.0 | — | — | |
Lexington High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 379 | 17.6 | 69% | 33% |
Limestone County Area Vocational TechnologyCareer and technical | 10–12 | — | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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