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Schools in Epes

Epes’s public schools

Sumter County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Epes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Alabama’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in Alabama’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
20%
2021–22
Math proficiency
2%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.8K
▲ 56% vs AL $13.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.1
AL 17.0 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
901 students on the public path
In brief

Epes’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Epes’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Alabama’s 1,249 public schools. York West End Junior High School places highest (better than 14%); Sumter Central High School lowest (0%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Epes, graded from D to D, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Sumter Central High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Epes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD
5–12Sumter Central High Schoolin YorkD−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sumter County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Sumter County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 901 students, down 7% since 2021–22 · 16.1 per teacher (AL 17.0)
$21,792AL $13,926 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading20%
State average 47.3% · 486 students tested
Math2%
State average 27.2% · 482 students tested

Epes vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Alabama towns that share Epes’s borders.

Schools next door
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Epes—Sumter County

Every school in Epes

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Alabama’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Epesin other towns
Livingston Junior High School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Livingston
D
216 students18:1Rate it →
York West End Junior High School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Livingston
D
159 students12:1Rate it →
Sumter Central High School
High · Grades 5–12 · York
D−
526 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Epes’s schools

Are Epes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Epes. Sumter County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Epes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Alabama’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Epes in?

Sumter County School District.

Where do Epes kids go to high school?

Sumter Central High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.