Hubbertville School is located in the community of
Hubbertville in North
Fayette County, Alabama
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,321. Its county seat is Fayette. Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette (or de la Fayette), who aided General George Washin ...
. Hub, as it is known locally, is a
PK – 12 school serving approximately 420 students annually.
Hubbertville School was established in 1923 from the consolidation of New River,
Hickory Rock, Pleasant View, and Hubbert Schools.
It adopted the
African Lion as its mascot.
According to the
Alabama State Department of Education's Assessment Reporting System 81.48% of 2014-2015 grade 10 students partially met academic content standards in the ACT PLAN's English subject area; 51.85% fully met this standard. These percentages were 48.15% and 22.22% for Science and 70.37% and 18.52% for Math, respectively.
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U.S. News & World Reports 2017 scorecard for Hubbertville School reports 19% proficiency in Mathematics and 52% in English.
U.S. News & World Report also indicate that student mastery of state exit exams (state test performance index) is 65.7 points. This is 10.7 points higher than expected when accounting for
socioeconomic
Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their l ...
status of students. Overall, middle and high school students scored at or above college-readiness benchmarks or rank above the 50th percentile in select subject areas, with many subject area scores trending upwards.
[Dunavant, T. 2014. ACIP Hubbertville School, Fayette County Board of Education. Alabama Continuous Improvement Plans, Alabama State Department of Education. p. 24-25. Retrieved from: http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/Fayette/Fayette/Divisions/DocumentsCategories/Documents/HHS%20ACIP%202014_2015.pdf] The
student to teacher ratio is 18:1,
the proportion of "highly qualified" teachers (approximately 60% holding advanced degrees),
and strong community support.
Hubbertville School has won class 1A state championships in
football, basketball, and
softball
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. The Lions finished runner-up in the class 1A football playoffs during the 2014 season under head coach Lamar Harris. In 2017, Hubbertville's
baseball
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team played its first home game following the revival of the school's varsity baseball program in 2014.
External links
School website
References
Educational institutions established in 1923
Schools in Fayette County, Alabama
Public K–12 schools in Alabama
1923 establishments in Alabama
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