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Lanier Senior High School

Summary:

Lanier Senior High School is a public high school in Montgomery, Alabama, serving grades 10-12 with a student population of 798, the majority of whom are African American. However, the school consistently underperforms academically compared to the Montgomery County and Alabama state averages, ranking among the lowest-performing high schools in the state.

Lanier Senior High School's academic performance is significantly below the district and state standards, with only 0.76% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 15.05% for Montgomery County and 23.12% for the state. The school has been ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama high schools for several years, in stark contrast to the nearby high-performing magnet schools like Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School and Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, which consistently outperform Lanier Senior High School and the district averages.

The high percentage of students (over 93%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch at Lanier Senior High School indicates a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which likely presents challenges in providing the necessary academic and social-emotional support for students to succeed. This underscores the need for targeted interventions and additional resources to address the unique needs of high-poverty schools like Lanier Senior High School and ensure equitable access to high-quality educational opportunities for all students in the Montgomery County school system.


Detail:

Public 10-12

 1756 S Court St
       Montgomery, AL  36104-5498

(334) 269-3726

District: Montgomery County

SchoolDigger Rank:
360th of 378 Alabama High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,083 Help


Feeder schools for Lanier Senior High School:

Elementary:    Crump Elementary School
    Davis Elementary School
    Johnson Elementary School
    Nixon Elementary School
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Middle:    Bellingrath Middle School
    McKee Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  517

Racial breakdown:

African American:
94.2%
Hispanic:
4.1%
White:
0.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  93.4% Help


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Compare Details Lanier Senior High School ranks worse than 95.2% of high schools in Alabama. It also ranks 8th among 9 ranked high schools in the Montgomery County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.38. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lanier Senior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (94.2%), Hispanic (4.1%), two or more races (0.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 93.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lanier Senior High School is 14.5, which is the 3rd best among 9 high schools in the Montgomery County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Lanier Senior High School employs 35.5 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lanier Senior High School is $10,083, which is the 4th highest among 9 high schools in the Montgomery County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lanier Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lanier Senior High School 360th of 378 Alabama public high schools. (See Lanier Senior High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Montgomery County:

SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery County 110th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lanier Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 12.43 339th 357 5.0%
2005 9.35 349th 359 2.8%
2006 4.64 354th 357 0.8%
2007 4.49 355th 358 0.8%
2008 5.96 357th 359 0.6%
2009 23.16 321st 357 10.1%
2010 14.70 342nd 358 4.5%
2011 6.27 352nd 360 2.2%
2012 15.26 334th 358 6.7%
2013 36.87 305th 358 14.8%
2014 6.90 356th 358 0.6%
2015 8.13 331st 353 6.2%
2016 7.85 335th 351 4.6%
2017 7.80 344th 353 2.5%
2018 9.13 322nd 356 9.6%
2019 7.27 344th 366 6.0%
2021 14.17 326th 371 12.1%
2022 11.14 340th 367 7.4%
2023 16.43 321st 371 13.5%
2024 10.38 360th 378 4.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.33 118th 160 26.3%
2019 63.22 45th 171 73.7%
2021 41.93 112th 196 42.9%
2022 35.17 110th 169 34.9%
2023 50.93 70th 182 61.5%
2024 29.66 144th 198 27.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 11.18 310th 315 1.6%
2018 14.38 306th 349 12.3%
2019 10.42 335th 358 6.4%
2021 16.65 314th 361 13.0%
2022 17.72 308th 361 14.7%
2023 18.84 299th 349 14.3%
2024 14.56 351st 375 6.4%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 6.51 338th 343 1.5%
2018 7.37 324th 347 6.6%
2019 5.28 341st 354 3.7%
2021 13.28 320th 359 10.9%
2022 10.61 339th 367 7.6%
2023 14.66 319th 358 10.9%
2024 9.59 351st 366 4.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 8.50 324th 339 4.4%
2018 12.79 304th 350 13.1%
2019 10.99 323rd 357 9.5%
2021 16.00 316th 366 13.7%
2022 14.92 324th 366 11.5%
2023 20.27 292nd 358 18.4%
2024 12.57 347th 368 5.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Lanier Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.22 159th 223 28.7%
2019 24.68 181st 224 19.2%
2021 37.51 136th 228 40.4%
2022 28.33 170th 222 23.4%
2023 36.43 133rd 224 40.6%
2024 24.15 198th 231 14.3%
See the entire list of Best Alabama High Schools for African American 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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Lanier Senior 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 1447 1447
1989 579 994 12 1 5 n/a n/a 0 1591
1990 530 1111 23 7 0 n/a n/a 0 1671
1991 502 1136 24 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1666
1992 419 1123 23 3 4 n/a n/a 0 1572
1993 333 1116 14 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1463
1994 266 1096 20 2 2 n/a n/a 0 1386
1995 214 1259 19 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1498
1996 214 1259 19 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1498
1997 162 1424 18 3 2 n/a n/a 0 1609
1998 157 1363 18 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1546
1999 123 1257 19 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1405
2000 11 1023 2 0 3 n/a n/a 0 1039
2001 8 1054 2 0 2 n/a n/a 1 1067
2002 2 981 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 988
2003 2 981 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 988
2004 5 917 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 927
2005 2 897 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 904
2006 2 927 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 932
2007 4 1219 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1225
2008 4 1262 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1268
2009 5 1181 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1190
2010 4 1194 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1202
2011 3 1099 0 3 1 0 1 0 1107
2012 4 1029 1 8 0 0 1 0 1043
2013 4 931 1 9 0 0 0 0 945
2014 3 901 0 6 0 0 2 0 912
2015 3 840 0 3 0 0 2 0 848
2016 3 914 0 2 0 0 1 0 920
2017 5 992 0 8 0 0 0 0 1005
2018 2 993 0 13 0 0 0 0 1008
2019 2 967 0 10 1 0 0 0 980
2020 6 901 0 17 0 0 0 0 924
2021 9 843 0 17 1 1 1 0 872
2022 6 861 3 28 1 0 1 0 900
2023 8 759 1 28 0 0 2 0 798
2024 4 487 1 21 0 0 4 0 517

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 Lanier Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1447 73.0 19.8 0
1989 1591 83.0 19.1 n/a
1990 1671 87.0 19.2 0
1991 1666 85.0 19.6 n/a
1992 1572 88.0 17.8 n/a
1993 1463 85.0 17.2 n/a
1994 1386 85.0 16.3 n/a
1995 1498 89.0 16.8 n/a
1996 1498 89.0 16.8 n/a
1997 1609 90.0 17.9 46.8
1998 1546 95.0 16.3 42.5
1999 1405 92.0 15.3 51.1
2000 1039 74.0 14.0 68.9
2001 1067 70.0 15.2 66
2002 988 68.5 14.4 66.6
2003 988 68.5 14.4 66.6
2004 927 73.3 12.6 59.8
2005 904 66.0 13.7 70.5
2006 932 67.0 13.9 70
2007 1225 73.0 16.8 75.3
2008 1268 74.2 17.1 78.2
2009 1190 74.2 15.9 83.1
2010 1202 n/a n/a 84.1
2011 1107 64.0 17.2 84.6
2012 1043 59.0 17.6 89.7
2013 945 58.0 16.2 88.5
2014 912 51.5 17.7 93.6
2015 848 52.0 16.3 67.2
2016 920 50.0 18.4 65.3
2017 1005 47.5 21.1 66.6
2018 1008 47.5 21.2 93.6
2019 980 54.5 17.9 93.6
2020 924 53.5 17.2 93.5
2021 872 48.5 17.9 93.6
2022 900 43.5 20.6 93.6
2023 798 49.5 16.1 93.5
2024 517 35.5 14.5 93.4

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 Lanier Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1447 73.0 19.8 0
1989 1591 83.0 19.1 n/a
1990 1671 87.0 19.2 0
1991 1666 85.0 19.6 n/a
1992 1572 88.0 17.8 n/a
1993 1463 85.0 17.2 n/a
1994 1386 85.0 16.3 n/a
1995 1498 89.0 16.8 n/a
1996 1498 89.0 16.8 n/a
1997 1609 90.0 17.9 46.8
1998 1546 95.0 16.3 42.5
1999 1405 92.0 15.3 51.1
2000 1039 74.0 14.0 68.9
2001 1067 70.0 15.2 66
2002 988 68.5 14.4 66.6
2003 988 68.5 14.4 66.6
2004 927 73.3 12.6 59.8
2005 904 66.0 13.7 70.5
2006 932 67.0 13.9 70
2007 1225 73.0 16.8 75.3
2008 1268 74.2 17.1 78.2
2009 1190 74.2 15.9 83.1
2010 1202 n/a n/a 84.1
2011 1107 64.0 17.2 84.6
2012 1043 59.0 17.6 89.7
2013 945 58.0 16.2 88.5
2014 912 51.5 17.7 93.6
2015 848 52.0 16.3 67.2
2016 920 50.0 18.4 65.3
2017 1005 47.5 21.1 66.6
2018 1008 47.5 21.2 93.6
2019 980 54.5 17.9 93.6
2020 924 53.5 17.2 93.5
2021 872 48.5 17.9 93.6
2022 900 43.5 20.6 93.6
2023 798 49.5 16.1 93.5
2024 517 35.5 14.5 93.4

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lanier Senior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,824 (18.1%) $8,207 (81.4%) $10,083

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Lanier Senior High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 344th of 366 High schoolsRanks 321st of 371 High schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
End of Course Mathematics (Lanier Senior High School)11.61.6
 10%
   End of Course Mathematics (Montgomery County)27.517.1
 10.4%
   End of Course Mathematics (Alabama)42.523.6
 19%
End of Course Science (Lanier Senior High School)13.76.3
 7.4%
   End of Course Science (Montgomery County)28.726.1
 2.7%
   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 Students980798
 18.6%
African American967759
 21.5%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian01
Hispanic1028
 180%
Pacific Islander00
White28
 300%
Two or More Races02
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients93.6%93.5%
 0.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Lanier Senior High School

Students at Lanier Senior High School are 94% African American, 4% Hispanic.

In the 2023-24 school year, 517 students attended Lanier Senior High School.

Lanier Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crump Elementary School
Elementary : Davis Elementary School
Elementary : Johnson Elementary School
Elementary : Nixon Elementary School
Elementary : Southlawn Elementary School
Middle : Bellingrath Middle School
Middle : McKee Middle School

Lanier Senior High School ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Alabama high schools.


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