Buckhorn High School

Summary:

Buckhorn High School is a public high school located in New Market, Alabama, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,287 students. The school is part of the Madison County School District, which is ranked 32 out of 137 districts in Alabama and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Buckhorn High School consistently performs above the state and county averages in academic assessments, with 34.32% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, 48.71% in Science, and 40.84% in English. The school also boasts a diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 59.67% White, 21.21% African American, 5.28% Hispanic, 2.1% Asian, and 7.46% Native American, which is higher than the nearby schools. Buckhorn High School excels in the performance of various student subgroups, ranking 14th out of 231 Alabama high schools for African American students, 9th out of 139 for Hispanic students, and 2nd out of 55 for Native American students. The school has consistently been ranked among the top high schools in Alabama, with a statewide ranking of 37th out of 378 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Buckhorn High School has a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (33.8% in 2022-2023), this is still higher than the nearby Madison County High School (35.4%) and Sparkman High School (37.23%), suggesting a more diverse socioeconomic background among the student population. Additionally, Buckhorn High School's spending per student ($8,921 in 2018-2019) is higher than the nearby Sparkman High School ($8,030) and Hazel Green High School ($9,090), but lower than Madison County High School ($11,207), indicating a potential difference in resource allocation and funding priorities.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4123 Winchester Rd
       New Market, AL  35761


(256) 851-3300

District: Madison County

SchoolDigger Rank:
37th of 378 Alabama High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,921 Help


Feeder schools for Buckhorn High School:

Elementary:    Mt Carmel Elementary School
    New Market School
    Riverton Elementary School
Middle:    Buckhorn Middle School
    Riverton Intermediate School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  1,287

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.7%
African American:
21.2%
American Indian:
7.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Buckhorn High School ranks better than 90.2% of high schools in Alabama. It also ranks first among 5 ranked high schools in the Madison County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 88.77. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Buckhorn High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.7%), African American (21.2%), American Indian (7.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 33.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Buckhorn High School is 19.1. 4 high schools in the Madison County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Buckhorn High School is $8,921. 3 high schools in the Madison County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Buckhorn High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Buckhorn High School 37th of 378 Alabama public high schools. (See Buckhorn High School in the ranking list.)

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Madison County:

SchoolDigger ranks Madison County 32nd of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Buckhorn High School

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Rank History for all students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 85.68 16th 357 95.5%
2005 86.90 13th 359 96.4%
2006 81.74 22nd 357 93.8%
2007 90.61 8th 358 97.8%
2008 87.53 10th 359 97.2%
2009 82.50 20th 357 94.4%
2010 77.72 43rd 358 88.0%
2011 82.32 22nd 360 93.9%
2012 83.75 17th 358 95.3%
2013 72.81 35th 358 90.2%
2014 86.26 34th 358 90.5%
2015 87.10 31st 353 91.2%
2016 84.02 37th 351 89.5%
2017 87.28 35th 353 90.1%
2018 82.11 55th 356 84.6%
2019 80.16 58th 366 84.2%
2021 81.38 54th 371 85.4%
2022 90.64 33rd 367 91.0%
2023 76.18 74th 371 80.1%
2024 88.77 37th 378 90.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.75 29th 45 35.6%
2024 51.19 28th 56 50.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 51.38 33rd 83 60.2%
2018 46.46 67th 160 58.1%
2019 64.77 43rd 171 74.9%
2021 46.22 96th 196 51.0%
2022 64.10 48th 169 71.6%
2023 44.45 82nd 182 54.9%
2024 79.43 21st 198 89.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.10 146th 315 53.7%
2018 58.18 132nd 349 62.2%
2019 42.56 200th 358 44.1%
2021 70.67 74th 361 79.5%
2022 71.00 70th 361 80.6%
2023 68.25 90th 349 74.2%
2024 60.68 117th 375 68.8%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 85.71 35th 343 89.8%
2018 84.47 49th 347 85.9%
2019 78.58 67th 354 81.1%
2021 78.54 57th 359 84.1%
2022 82.32 50th 367 86.4%
2023 75.71 74th 358 79.3%
2024 89.10 34th 366 90.7%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 85.61 38th 339 88.8%
2018 75.37 73rd 350 79.1%
2019 78.33 64th 357 82.1%
2021 80.40 59th 366 83.9%
2022 93.92 23rd 366 93.7%
2023 70.39 83rd 358 76.8%
2024 84.67 38th 368 89.7%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 85.14 14th 189 92.6%
2018 85.67 22nd 223 90.1%
2019 91.87 13th 224 94.2%
2021 50.19 77th 228 66.2%
2022 86.39 21st 222 90.5%
2023 72.63 33rd 224 85.3%
2024 91.25 14th 231 93.9%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.22 43rd 103 58.3%
2021 53.60 39th 113 65.5%
2022 78.08 21st 114 81.6%
2023 31.34 75th 122 38.5%
2024 93.66 9th 139 93.5%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 82.38 2nd 12 83.3%
2018 78.48 2nd 12 83.3%
2019 83.02 6th 35 82.9%
2021 85.49 9th 40 77.5%
2022 84.42 7th 40 82.5%
2023 90.14 5th 45 88.9%
2024 99.34 2nd 55 96.4%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Native American Students!

Rank History for White students at Buckhorn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 77.40 47th 230 79.6%
2018 74.57 63rd 300 79.0%
2019 67.69 84th 313 73.2%
2021 81.24 51st 319 84.0%
2022 87.06 30th 326 90.8%
2023 70.76 81st 317 74.4%
2024 84.37 39th 325 88.0%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, August 5, 2022

Open Quote If I could’ve given ZERO stars, I would have!
Parents, do NOT place your kids in this school system. Place them in online if you’re able.
Buckhorn High School, Middle School, and Madison County Board of Education are infested with corruption.
I’ve busted them via audio recording numerous times lying, not following state laws, breaking school policies and protocols, verbally, emotionally, and mentally abusing students, bullying and targeting students, conducting themselves in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner, and violating due processes. Hence, why they currently implemented banning students from taking cellphones to school. Although they’re using the excuse that cell phones are a distraction… it’s more for their own protection from getting sued or losing their jobs. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Buckhorn High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 531 531
1989 482 94 1 5 0 n/a n/a 0 582
1990 507 98 0 0 4 n/a n/a 0 609
1991 456 104 1 2 64 n/a n/a 0 627
1992 446 105 3 6 71 n/a n/a -4 627
1993 464 98 7 6 106 n/a n/a 0 681
1994 527 118 11 7 92 n/a n/a 0 755
1995 525 122 4 10 97 n/a n/a 0 758
1996 525 122 4 10 97 n/a n/a 0 758
1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 759 759
1998 547 107 9 10 79 n/a n/a 0 752
1999 609 121 10 11 78 n/a n/a 0 829
2000 616 127 8 17 71 n/a n/a 0 839
2001 632 130 8 8 64 n/a n/a 0 842
2002 636 170 3 6 69 n/a n/a 0 884
2003 636 170 3 6 69 n/a n/a 0 884
2004 679 197 9 8 68 n/a n/a 0 961
2005 717 213 5 6 74 n/a n/a 0 1015
2006 730 202 9 12 71 n/a n/a 2 1026
2007 739 211 11 13 61 n/a n/a 3 1038
2008 756 225 11 11 70 n/a n/a 0 1073
2009 800 245 15 17 69 n/a n/a 0 1146
2010 842 254 17 24 68 n/a n/a 6 1211
2011 858 269 18 22 77 0 1 0 1245
2012 863 281 20 25 78 0 8 0 1275
2013 935 287 20 28 96 0 13 0 1379
2014 951 284 19 29 97 1 17 0 1398
2015 948 287 22 43 113 2 27 0 1442
2016 920 291 18 41 107 1 25 0 1403
2017 888 279 22 42 117 1 22 0 1371
2018 864 281 25 44 122 0 23 0 1359
2019 834 263 24 49 120 0 21 0 1311
2020 806 255 30 61 131 2 25 0 1310
2021 808 249 28 60 117 2 34 0 1298
2022 777 268 23 65 108 1 42 0 1284
2023 768 273 27 68 96 2 53 0 1287

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Buckhorn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 531 27.8 19.1 0
1989 582 31.5 18.4 n/a
1990 609 32.0 19.0 0
1991 627 34.5 18.1 n/a
1992 627 33.5 18.7 n/a
1993 681 34.1 20.0 n/a
1994 755 39.9 18.9 n/a
1995 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1996 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1997 759 45.5 16.7 11.6
1998 752 45.0 16.7 13.7
1999 829 47.0 17.6 19.9
2000 839 46.0 18.2 15.1
2001 842 44.0 19.1 16.4
2002 884 45.0 19.6 16
2003 884 45.0 19.6 16
2004 961 52.0 18.5 14.6
2005 1015 53.0 19.2 21.3
2006 1026 53.0 19.3 22.3
2007 1038 58.3 17.8 22.7
2008 1073 65.6 16.4 22.1
2009 1146 65.3 17.4 25.7
2010 1211 62.9 19.2 27.6
2011 1245 67.9 18.3 27.1
2012 1275 69.6 18.2 28
2013 1379 67.4 20.4 29.8
2014 1398 72.9 19.1 33.7
2015 1442 72.0 20.0 31.6
2016 1403 73.0 19.2 30.6
2017 1371 73.4 18.6 29.7
2018 1359 69.1 19.6 27.9
2019 1311 67.1 19.5 28.8
2020 1310 69.1 18.9 25.8
2021 1298 69.1 18.7 22
2022 1284 64.1 20.0 23.1
2023 1287 67.1 19.1 33.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Buckhorn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 531 27.8 19.1 0
1989 582 31.5 18.4 n/a
1990 609 32.0 19.0 0
1991 627 34.5 18.1 n/a
1992 627 33.5 18.7 n/a
1993 681 34.1 20.0 n/a
1994 755 39.9 18.9 n/a
1995 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1996 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1997 759 45.5 16.7 11.6
1998 752 45.0 16.7 13.7
1999 829 47.0 17.6 19.9
2000 839 46.0 18.2 15.1
2001 842 44.0 19.1 16.4
2002 884 45.0 19.6 16
2003 884 45.0 19.6 16
2004 961 52.0 18.5 14.6
2005 1015 53.0 19.2 21.3
2006 1026 53.0 19.3 22.3
2007 1038 58.3 17.8 22.7
2008 1073 65.6 16.4 22.1
2009 1146 65.3 17.4 25.7
2010 1211 62.9 19.2 27.6
2011 1245 67.9 18.3 27.1
2012 1275 69.6 18.2 28
2013 1379 67.4 20.4 29.8
2014 1398 72.9 19.1 33.7
2015 1442 72.0 20.0 31.6
2016 1403 73.0 19.2 30.6
2017 1371 73.4 18.6 29.7
2018 1359 69.1 19.6 27.9
2019 1311 67.1 19.5 28.8
2020 1310 69.1 18.9 25.8
2021 1298 69.1 18.7 22
2022 1284 64.1 20.0 23.1
2023 1287 67.1 19.1 33.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Buckhorn High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $849 (9.5%) $8,033 (90.0%) $8,921

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Buckhorn High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 58th of 366 High schoolsRanks 74th of 371 High schools
 4.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Mathematics (Buckhorn High School)52.836.3
 16.4%
   End of Course Mathematics (Madison County)47.828.1
 19.7%
   End of Course Mathematics (Alabama)42.523.6
 19%
End of Course Science (Buckhorn High School)52.248.9
 3.3%
   End of Course Science (Madison County)50.940.8
 10.2%
   End of Course Science (Alabama)42.631.7
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students13111287
 1.8%
African American263273
 3.8%
American Indian12096
 20%
Asian2427
 12.5%
Hispanic4968
 38.8%
Pacific Islander02
White834768
 7.9%
Two or More Races2153
 152.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients28.8%33.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions about Buckhorn High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,287 students attended Buckhorn High School.

Yes. Buckhorn High School ranks in the top 9.8% of Alabama high schools.

Students at Buckhorn High School are 60% White, 21% African American, 7% American Indian, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Buckhorn High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Mt Carmel Elementary School
Elementary : New Market School
Elementary : Riverton Elementary School
Middle : Buckhorn Middle School
Middle : Riverton Intermediate School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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