ClayChalkville High School

ClayChalkville High School is one of the expansive senior highs in Pinson, Alabama, one of the schools within Jefferson County, with 1,377 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 102% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Across the 55 schools in Jefferson County (35,444 students total), ClayChalkville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ClayChalkville High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%); the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic, 7% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ClayChalkville High School shows 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ClayChalkville High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.3%; this one comes in at 5.5%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household income runs about $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), ClayChalkville High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clay Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ClayChalkville High School. On composite proficiency, ClayChalkville High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. ClayChalkville High School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,292 (now 1,377). The White share of enrollment contracted from 25% to 7% over that span.

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