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Enrollment
2,048
High
DISTRICT 2,104 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON CITY·NCES 010000800831
Bob Jones High School
650 Hughes Rd, Madison, AL 35758 · (256) 772-2547 · Madison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,048 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Alabama public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
520 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 519 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 513 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 517 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 499 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
45.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bob Jones High School
Bob Jones High School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Jones High School this school | 2,048 | 25.4% | 48.5% |
| Hoover High School Hoover | 2,919 | 29.6% | 47.3% |
| Spain Park High School Hoover | 1,472 | 31.2% | 49.8% |
| Oak Mountain High School Birmingham | 1,648 | 23.3% | 52.7% |
| James Clemens High School Madison | 2,159 | 23.3% | 49.9% |
| Auburn High School Auburn | 2,227 | 29.1% | 46.3% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bob Jones High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #27 of 305 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #20 of 305 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #68 of 305 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,048 | #7 of 319 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #210 of 307 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #28 of 307 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #303 of 317 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #43 of 130 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,048
+168 (+9%) vs 2020
+52% since 2000-01, when it was 1,349
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,048 | 113.3 | 18.1:1 | 25% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 1,968 | 109.3 | 18.0:1 | 28% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 1,920 | 109 | 17.6:1 | 24% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 1,880 | 106 | 17.7:1 | 10% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 1,779 | 94.5 | 18.8:1 | 19% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 1,745 | 94 | 18.6:1 | 19% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 2,162 | 122 | 17.7:1 | 16% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 1,349 | 75 | 18.0:1 | 8% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bob Jones High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,779 to 2,048); teachers up 20% (94.5 to 113.3).
About Bob Jones High School
This page covers Bob Jones High School, a large high school in Madison, Alabama. The school counted 2,048 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 200% bigger than the average of about 682 students for high schools in Alabama.
The district, Madison City, operates 13 schools serving 13,046 students.
The share of White students at Bob Jones High School is 54%, a majority. It is also 23% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. For comparison, the population of Madison County is roughly 63% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Bob Jones High School has 113.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. The gap from the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama is 0.9 students per teacher. At Bob Jones High School, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Madison County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Alabama public high schools, Bob Jones High School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.5%.
In the surrounding county, Madison County, the median household earns about $86,499 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Madison County has 89 public schools with about 55,800 students, including Bob Jones High School.
Madison City School PreK Center is the nearest public school to Bob Jones High School, about 0.5 miles away. Bob Jones High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bob Jones High School ranks 8th on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 1,880 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 2,048 by 2024-25.
Bob Jones High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison City
- James Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,159 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,103 students
- MidTown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,097 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Journey Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
Other schools in Madison
- James Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,159 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,103 students
- MidTown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,097 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Journey Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
Nearby schools
- Madison City School PreK Center0.5 mi · 252
- MidTown Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,097
- Discovery Middle School1.5 mi · 1,054
- Madison Elementary School1.6 mi · 603
- Columbia Elementary School1.7 mi · 701
- Horizon Elementary School1.9 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Bob Jones High SchoolHow large is Bob Jones High School?
Bob Jones High School enrolls approximately 2,048 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bob Jones High School serve?
Bob Jones High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bob Jones High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bob Jones High School is approximately 18.1:1 (113 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bob Jones High School?
At Bob Jones High School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bob Jones High School public or private?
Bob Jones High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.