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The most racially diverse public schools in Shelby County, Alabama

42 public schools in Shelby County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Pelham Ridge leads the list at 70.6%, against a median of 54.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Shelby County, Alabama

Top Diversity index

70.6%

Median Diversity index

54.5%

MOST DIVERSE · SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Pelham Ridge	Pelham, AL	783	70.6%	37.2%(291)	23.6%(185)	31.0%(243)	2.4%(19)
2	Riverchase Elementary School	Hoover, AL	562	69.4%	46.3%(260)	25.3%(142)	9.8%(55)	11.9%(67)
3	Pelham Park Middle School	Pelham, AL	835	69.1%	43.0%(359)	19.3%(161)	28.7%(240)	3.1%(26)
4	Pelham High School	Pelham, AL	1,076	68.1%	43.6%(469)	19.7%(212)	29.7%(320)	2.8%(30)
5	Pelham Oaks	Pelham, AL	750	68.0%	44.8%(336)	18.1%(136)	28.4%(213)	1.3%(10)
6	Montevallo Elementary School	Montevallo, AL	758	67.6%	40.2%(305)	23.0%(174)	33.0%(250)	0.9%(7)
7	Meadow View Elementary School	Alabaster, AL	953	66.8%	46.8%(446)	19.5%(186)	26.8%(255)	0.8%(8)
8	Montevallo High School	Montevallo, AL	485	66.7%	40.2%(195)	22.7%(110)	34.6%(168)	0.6%(3)
9	Calera Intermediate School	Calera, AL	747	66.5%	39.8%(297)	38.7%(289)	15.9%(119)	1.2%(9)
10	Calera Middle	Montevallo, AL	767	66.2%	36.1%(277)	43.0%(330)	14.1%(108)	1.6%(12)
11	Montevallo Middle School	Montevallo, AL	346	66.0%	40.2%(139)	20.2%(70)	37.0%(128)	0.3%(1)
12	Thompson High School	Alabaster, AL	2,060	65.1%	48.2%(992)	25.3%(522)	22.9%(471)	1.2%(24)
13	Robert F Bumpus Middle School	Hoover, AL	1,192	64.9%	51.3%(612)	26.6%(317)	6.0%(71)	10.3%(123)
14	Calera Elementary	Calera, AL	766	63.9%	38.9%(298)	43.5%(333)	14.2%(109)	0.8%(6)
15	Thompson Middle School	Alabaster, AL	1,444	63.5%	50.8%(734)	22.8%(329)	23.2%(335)	1.0%(15)
16	Calera High	Calera, AL	1,018	63.5%	38.9%(396)	44.3%(451)	13.0%(132)	1.1%(11)
17	Thompson Intermediate School	Alabaster, AL	901	63.3%	51.7%(466)	22.3%(201)	22.1%(199)	0.6%(5)
18	Creek View Elementary School	Maylene, AL	958	62.8%	54.4%(521)	17.9%(172)	20.0%(192)	0.7%(7)
19	Berry Middle School	Hoover, AL	1,058	61.0%	57.8%(611)	19.7%(208)	9.1%(96)	8.5%(90)
20	Spain Park High School	Hoover, AL	1,472	60.0%	58.9%(867)	18.6%(273)	10.4%(153)	7.5%(110)
21	Inverness Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	563	55.4%	62.5%(352)	21.1%(119)	8.7%(49)	4.6%(26)
22	Elvin Hill Elementary School	Columbiana, AL	534	53.7%	64.0%(342)	17.0%(91)	15.4%(82)	0.2%(1)
23	Greystone Elementary School	Hoover, AL	438	52.7%	66.4%(291)	12.3%(54)	5.7%(25)	10.1%(44)
24	Vincent Middle High School	Vincent, AL	447	50.3%	66.2%(296)	23.0%(103)	5.8%(26)	0.5%(2)
25	Vincent Elementary School	Vincent, AL	397	49.8%	67.0%(266)	21.4%(85)	8.1%(32)	0.3%(1)
26	Helena High School	Helena, AL	1,383	48.1%	69.5%(961)	16.5%(228)	9.2%(127)	1.7%(24)
27	Helena Middle	Helena, AL	957	47.9%	69.7%(667)	15.4%(147)	10.4%(100)	1.4%(13)
28	Oak Mountain Intermediate School	Birmingham, AL	636	47.7%	70.4%(448)	11.6%(74)	10.2%(65)	4.6%(29)
29	Chelsea Park Elementary School	Chelsea, AL	891	47.3%	70.3%(626)	15.8%(141)	8.5%(76)	2.9%(26)
30	Helena Elementary School	Helena, AL	778	45.4%	72.0%(560)	12.7%(99)	10.2%(79)	2.7%(21)
31	Helena Intermediate School	Helena, AL	955	45.1%	72.3%(690)	12.7%(121)	9.9%(95)	1.4%(13)
32	Oak Mountain High School	Birmingham, AL	1,648	44.9%	72.6%(1,197)	10.4%(172)	9.8%(161)	5.5%(90)
33	Oak Mountain Middle School	Birmingham, AL	1,168	44.3%	73.0%(853)	12.0%(140)	8.2%(96)	4.5%(53)
34	Shelby County High School	Columbiana, AL	572	43.8%	72.9%(417)	12.8%(73)	11.7%(67)	0.0%(0)
35	Oak Mountain Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	675	41.1%	75.6%(510)	7.8%(53)	9.0%(61)	5.9%(40)
36	Columbiana Middle School	Columbiana, AL	428	40.9%	75.2%(322)	7.9%(34)	13.3%(57)	0.0%(0)
37	Chelsea Middle School	Chelsea, AL	831	40.3%	76.0%(632)	10.8%(90)	7.6%(63)	1.7%(14)
38	Chelsea High School	Chelsea, AL	1,235	36.9%	78.4%(968)	11.0%(136)	6.2%(77)	2.1%(26)
39	Forest Oaks Elementary School	Chelsea, AL	606	36.2%	78.9%(478)	7.8%(47)	9.7%(59)	1.3%(8)
40	Mt Laurel Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	498	34.0%	80.5%(401)	8.8%(44)	2.2%(11)	5.4%(27)
41	Wilsonville Elementary School	Wilsonville, AL	229	27.6%	84.7%(194)	4.4%(10)	4.8%(11)	0.4%(1)
42	Shelby Elementary School	Shelby, AL	242	23.3%	87.2%(211)	4.5%(11)	6.6%(16)	0.0%(0)

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