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Enrollment
492
High
DISTRICT 830 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243000504
Booker T Washington Magnet High School
4400 Bell Road, Montgomery, AL 36116 · (334) 269-3617 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
18.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
200 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 11 | 133 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 21% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
68.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Booker T Washington Magnet High School
Booker T Washington Magnet High School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T Washington Magnet High School this school | 492 | 40.7% | 44.5% |
| Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School Montgomery | 550 | 37.5% | 42.5% |
| Park Crossing High School Montgomery | 882 | 56.2% | 12.5% |
| University Charter School Secondary Livingston | 309 | 47.6% | 38.5% |
| Sparkman Ninth Grade School Harvest | 621 | 43.2% | N/A |
| Northridge High School Tuscaloosa | 1,153 | 33.7% | 41.2% |
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 Booker T Washington Magnet High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #38 of 305 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #149 of 305 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #10 of 305 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #180 of 319 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #221 of 307 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #176 of 307 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #252 of 317 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #22 of 130 | N/A |
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
492
+60 (+14%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 41% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 30% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 30% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 30% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 49 | 12.1:1 | 13% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Booker T Washington Magnet High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (406 to 492); teachers unchanged (27 to 27).
About Booker T Washington Magnet High School
Booker T Washington Magnet High School is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of Montgomery, Alabama. The student body numbers 492 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Alabama is about 682, so this school runs 28% smaller than that.
Montgomery County has a total of 51 schools and 26,958 students, Booker T Washington Magnet High School among them.
Booker T Washington Magnet High School's enrollment is 76% Black. The next largest groups are 10% White, 6% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. In Montgomery County overall, about 59% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Booker T Washington Magnet High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Booker T Washington Magnet High School operates with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.2:1. For comparison, high schools in Alabama average 17.2:1. About 41% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 26 points.
allk12 grades Booker T Washington Magnet High School an A. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Booker T Washington Magnet High School is 9.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (44.5% versus 54.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $59,386, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 60 public schools in Montgomery County, with a combined enrollment of about 31,131.
The nearest other public school, Brewbaker Primary School, is about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Booker T Washington Magnet High School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Booker T Washington Magnet High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Booker T Washington Magnet High School went from 432 students to 492. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.0:1 in 2020-21 to 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Booker T Washington Magnet High School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Brewbaker Primary School1.1 mi · 651
- Brewbaker Middle School1.2 mi · 806
- Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School1.2 mi · 550
- Brewbaker Intermediate School1.2 mi · 549
- Park Crossing High School1.6 mi · 882
- LEAD Academy Building B2.0 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Booker T Washington Magnet High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Booker T Washington Magnet High School?
Booker T Washington Magnet High School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Booker T Washington Magnet High School serve?
Booker T Washington Magnet High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Booker T Washington Magnet High School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Booker T Washington Magnet High School.
What is the student diversity at Booker T Washington Magnet High School?
Student demographics at Booker T Washington Magnet High School are roughly 10% White, 5% Hispanic, 76% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Booker T Washington Magnet High School in?
Booker T Washington Magnet High School is part of Montgomery County.
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