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Enrollment
1,235
High
DISTRICT 970 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303001171
Chelsea High School
10510 Highway 11, Chelsea, AL 35043 · (205) 682-7200 · Shelby County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,235 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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
17.0:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
290 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 297 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 278 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 349 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 311 | 25% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
51.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
44.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Chelsea High School
Chelsea High School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea High School this school | 1,235 | 23.5% | 49.2% |
| Helena High School Helena | 1,383 | 26.4% | 40.8% |
| Fairhope High School Fairhope | 1,536 | 21.9% | 65.1% |
| Gulf Shores High School Gulf Shores | 927 | 28.3% | 49.1% |
| Hartselle High School Hartselle | 1,027 | 26.8% | 44.4% |
| Spanish Fort High School Spanish Fort | 1,115 | 16.7% | 58.7% |
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 Chelsea High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #24 of 305 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #22 of 305 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #45 of 305 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,235 | #43 of 319 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #143 of 307 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #185 of 307 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #305 of 317 | #9 of 10 |
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
1,235
-161 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,306
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 1,235 | 72.5 | 17.0:1 | 23% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 1,291 | 76 | 17.0:1 | 24% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 1,400 | 77 | 18.2:1 | 23% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 1,396 | 72 | 19.4:1 | 14% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,235 | 65.5 | 18.9:1 | 15% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 1,210 | 62 | 19.5:1 | 15% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 56 | 17.1:1 | 13% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 1,306 | 68 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chelsea High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,235 to 1,235); teachers up 11% (65.5 to 72.5).
About Chelsea High School
At 10510 Highway 11 in Chelsea, Alabama, Chelsea High School operates as a large high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,235 students. Against the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 81% higher.
Chelsea High School reports to Shelby County, which has 29 schools and 20,638 students.
Chelsea High School's enrollment is 78% White. Other groups include 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 76% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Chelsea High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Its 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.0:1. High schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Shelby County.
The allk12 Grade for Chelsea High School is B+. Compared with Alabama public high schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Chelsea High School would score about 66.9%. It scores 49.2%, a bottom-10% result among Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
Chelsea High School is located in Shelby County, where median household income is about $97,961, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Chelsea High School is one of 48 public schools in Shelby County, which together enroll about 35,120 students.
The next-closest public school is Chelsea Middle School, about 2.6 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Chelsea High School at 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,235, 12% below the 1,396 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.4 to 17.0 over 4 years.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby County
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Calera HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
- Helena Intermediate SchoolElementary · 955 students
Other schools in Chelsea
- Chelsea Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 891 students
- Chelsea Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Forest Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
Other Chelsea High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chelsea High. Chelsea High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Chelsea HighChelsea, MA · 1,649 students
- Chelsea High SchoolCHELSEA, MI · 750 students
- Chelsea High SchoolChelsea, OK · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Chelsea Middle School2.6 mi · 831
- Forest Oaks Elementary School3.0 mi · 606
- Oak Mountain Middle School3.1 mi · 1,168
- Oak Mountain Elementary School3.1 mi · 675
- Oak Mountain Intermediate School3.8 mi · 636
- Oak Mountain High School3.8 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Chelsea High SchoolHow large is Chelsea High School?
Chelsea High School enrolls approximately 1,235 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Chelsea High School serve?
Chelsea High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Chelsea High School have?
Chelsea High School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Chelsea High School?
Student demographics at Chelsea High School are roughly 78% White, 6% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Chelsea High School public or private?
Chelsea High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.