Percy Julian High School

Located at 225 Ann St, in Montgomery, Alabama, Percy Julian High School is a heavily attended 9-12 campus that serves 1,282 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Montgomery County. Enrollment runs roughly 88% larger than the state mean of about 682.

Within Montgomery County, which oversees 51 schools and 26,958 students, Percy Julian High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Percy Julian High School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 79% of students at Percy Julian High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Percy Julian High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 26.5%; this one comes in at 6.7%, -19.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), of which Percy Julian High School is one.

The closest other public school is Capitol Heights Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Percy Julian High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Percy Julian High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.6%.

Percy Julian High School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 1,528 students in 2018 compared to 1,282 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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