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The public high schools with the most Black students in Shelby County, Alabama

Across Shelby County, Alabama, 10 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Thompson High School leads the list at 522, against a median of 192 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Shelby County, Alabama

Top Black students

522

Median Black students

192

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Thompson High School	Alabaster, AL	Alabaster City	2,060	25.3%	522
2	Calera High	Calera, AL	Shelby County	1,018	44.3%	451
3	Spain Park High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	1,472	18.6%	273
4	Helena High School	Helena, AL	Shelby County	1,383	16.5%	228
5	Pelham High School	Pelham, AL	Pelham City	1,076	19.7%	212
6	Oak Mountain High School	Birmingham, AL	Shelby County	1,648	10.4%	172
7	Chelsea High School	Chelsea, AL	Shelby County	1,235	11.0%	136
8	Montevallo High School	Montevallo, AL	Shelby County	485	22.7%	110
9	Vincent Middle High School	Vincent, AL	Shelby County	447	23.0%	103
10	Shelby County High School	Columbiana, AL	Shelby County	572	12.8%	73

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