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C+

Marengo County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Thomaston, Sweet Water, Faunsdale and Dayton.

Thomaston’s Schools page →

Students
965
Schools
3
Spent per student
$18,251
AL $13,926
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
69%
Debt
$2.8M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Marengo County School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 42% of Alabama districts
  • Math proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Spends 31% more per student than the AL average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2.8M, about $2,881 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 42% of the 146 Alabama school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
C+
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Thomaston 306Sweet Water 214Faunsdale 82Dayton 24

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Thomaston. Grade by grade →

PK–123 schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. AL

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency20%
State average 27.2% · 465 students tested
Reading / language arts39%
State average 47.3% · 465 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 90% · 68 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,251 per student · 31% above AL
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 37%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 24%State 49%Federal 27%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
960’20
964’21
953’22
970’23
965’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Black 59%White 38%Two or more races 1%Hispanic 1%Asian <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Alabama’s other public schools.

Sweet Water High School
Other · Grades PK–12 · Sweet Water
A−
600 students16:1
Marengo High School
Other · Grades PK–12 · Dixons Mills
D
223 students13:1
Amelia L Johnson High School
Other · Grades PK–12 · Thomaston
D
142 students10:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Alabama.