Total enrollment
7,600
-156 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
17 schools in Blount County
Alabama · 7,600 students · 6 cities
Public K-12 enrollment in Blount County totals about 7,600 students across 17 schools (an average of 447 students per school).
4-year change in Blount County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
14
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Blount County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Alabama | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #50 of 127 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 7,600 | #29 of 143 | #1,256 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 14 | #25 of 143 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #122 of 143 | #7,871 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 48.9% | #111 of 143 | #4,314 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #102 of 127 | #4,475 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Blount County
State test results across the district's 13 scored schools run from Locust Fork Elementary at 72.6% proficient to Susan Moore High School at 20.3%, a gap of 52.3 points. That is the 17th widest gap among 92 Alabama districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 14 district schools that reported both years went from 7,774 to 7,600 students (down 2%) and from 438 to 414 full-time teachers (down 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern School | Remlap | Combined | PK-12 | 822 |
| Hayden High School | Hayden | High | 08-12 | 798 |
| Appalachian School | Oneonta | Combined | PK-12 | 699 |
| Blountsville Elementary School | Blountsville | Elementary | PK-06 | 648 |
| Susan Moore Elementary School | Blountsville | Elementary | PK-06 | 582 |
| Locust Fork Elementary | Locust Fork | Elementary | PK-06 | 534 |
| Hayden Primary School | Hayden | Elementary | PK-02 | 530 |
| JB Pennington High School | Blountsville | High | 07-12 | 507 |
| Cleveland Elementary School | Cleveland | Elementary | PK-06 | 499 |
| Susan Moore High School | Blountsville | High | 07-12 | 440 |
| Hayden Middle School | Hayden | Middle | 05-07 | 437 |
| Locust Fork High School | Locust Fork | High | 07-12 | 417 |
| Cleveland High School | Cleveland | High | 07-12 | 389 |
| Hayden Elementary School | Hayden | Elementary | 03-04 | 298 |
| Allgood Alternative School | Oneonta | Combined | 02-12 | · |
| Blount County Career Technical Center | Cleveland | High | 10-12 | · |
| Blount County Learning Center | Cleveland | Combined | PK-12 | · |
About Blount County
Blount County is a mid-sized public-school district in Alabama. The district oversees 17 schools and enrolls approximately 7,600 students.
Looking at the level breakdown, Blount County is built around 6 elementary, 1 middle, 6 high schools, and 4 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 447 in this district, meaningfully below the Alabama typical of 544.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 7,756 students in SY 2020-21 versus 7,600 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Blount County discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.