Buckhorn High School
4123 Winchester Rd
New Market AL, 35761, Madison County
Phone: 256-379-2123
Ranking: 
(14 out of 359, top 4%)*
(14 out of 359, top 4%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Madison County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 73 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 65 | 66 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,398 | 1,379 | 1,275 | 1,245 | 1,211 | 1,146 | 1,073 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 366 | 26.2% | 387 | 28.1% | 371 | 29.1% | 338 | 27.1% | 335 | 27.7% | 361 | 31.5% | 380 | 35.4% |
| Grade 10: | 390 | 27.9% | 373 | 27.0% | 334 | 26.2% | 346 | 27.8% | 313 | 25.8% | 310 | 27.1% | 274 | 25.5% |
| Grade 11: | 311 | 22.2% | 304 | 22.0% | 294 | 23.1% | 263 | 21.1% | 265 | 21.9% | 253 | 22.1% | 209 | 19.5% |
| Grade 12: | 331 | 23.7% | 315 | 22.8% | 276 | 21.6% | 298 | 23.9% | 298 | 24.6% | 222 | 19.4% | 210 | 19.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 702 | 50.2% | 686 | 49.7% | 646 | 50.7% | 632 | 50.8% | 616 | 50.9% | 586 | 51.1% | 575 | 53.6% |
| Female: | 696 | 49.8% | 693 | 50.3% | 629 | 49.3% | 613 | 49.2% | 581 | 48.0% | 552 | 48.2% | 494 | 46.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 97 | 6.9% | 96 | 7.0% | 78 | 6.1% | 77 | 6.2% | 68 | 5.6% | 69 | 6.0% | 70 | 6.5% |
| Asian: | 19 | 1.4% | 20 | 1.5% | 20 | 1.6% | 18 | 1.4% | 17 | 1.4% | 15 | 1.3% | 11 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 29 | 2.1% | 28 | 2.0% | 25 | 2.0% | 22 | 1.8% | 24 | 2.0% | 17 | 1.5% | 11 | 1.0% |
| Black: | 284 | 20.3% | 287 | 20.8% | 281 | 22.0% | 269 | 21.6% | 254 | 21.0% | 245 | 21.4% | 225 | 21.0% |
| White: | 951 | 68.0% | 935 | 67.8% | 863 | 67.7% | 858 | 68.9% | 842 | 69.5% | 800 | 69.8% | 756 | 70.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 17 | 1.2% | 13 | 0.9% | 8 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 355 | 25.4% | 303 | 22.0% | 273 | 21.4% | 268 | 21.5% | 252 | 20.8% | 204 | 17.8% | 182 | 17.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 116 | 8.3% | 108 | 7.8% | 84 | 6.6% | 70 | 5.6% | 80 | 6.6% | 91 | 7.9% | 55 | 5.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.17 | 20.44 | 18.30 | 18.33 | 19.25 | 17.40 | 16.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 58.6% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 58.8% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 60.8% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.15% | 60.92% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.29% | 53.55% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 80% | 72.1% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 74.5% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 77.2% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 87.95% | 79.59% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 86.43% | 82.71% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 69.3% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 71.2% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 72.2% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 83.21% | 76.43% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.25% | 72.5% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 63.9% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 67.9% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 66.9% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.46% | 72.41% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.59% | 67.37% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.72% | 81.54% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.25% | 91.04% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.93% | 95.96% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.54% | 96.75% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.97% | 97.31% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 88.7% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 87.6% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 89.8% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.26% | 86.15% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.24% | 86.9% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.53% | 88.91% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.54% | 84.21% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.27% | 85.75% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.67% | 82.41% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 87.6% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 85.5% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 90.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 88.85% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.43% | 90.25% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.43% | 90.83% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.68% | 89% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.72% | 88.95% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.44% | 89.89% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 96% | 92.4% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 91.7% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 92.3% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.68% | 88.69% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 87.52% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.24% | 86.82% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.97% | 85.46% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.09% | 89.59% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.41% | 88.26% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 92% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 93% | 90.7% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 91.1% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.63% | 88.43% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.96% | 89.7% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.08% | 85.11% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 81.7% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 83.3% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 92% | 85.6% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.29% | 80.49% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.13% | 80.82% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 86.06% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.26% | 78.73% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.82% | 79.12% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.99% | 80.7% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.59% | 95.52% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.09% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.53% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.7% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.9% | 96.5% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 96.6% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.14% | 95.32% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.13% | 95.73% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.98% | 96.2% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.42% | 95.1% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.83% | 93.97% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.19% | 94.77% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.8% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.4% | 96.3% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 96.8% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.57% | 95.41% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.43% | 96.68% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.98% | 97.91% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.63% | 96.51% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 95.04% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.74% | 96.41% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.7% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.4% | 97.4% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 97.9% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.14% | 96.65% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.85% | 96.68% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.48% | 96.4% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.81% | 97.26% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 95.37% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.65% | 96.65% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.2% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.4% | 97.4% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 97.8% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.57% | 96.12% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.85% | 96.68% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.49% | 96.77% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.4% | 96.4% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 95.5% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 96.9% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.57% | 95.23% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.85% | 94.98% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.98% | 95.35% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.63% | 94.52% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.09% | 89.1% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94.38% | 89.74% |
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* Buckhorn High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.