Gardendale High School

Gardendale High School is one of the expansive 9-12 campuss in Gardendale, Alabama, operated by Jefferson County, with 1,076 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 55 schools and 35,444 students, Gardendale High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Gardendale High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 9% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Gardendale High School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Gardendale High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gardendale High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.9%; actual is 22.5%, a gap of -33.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gardendale High School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Bragg Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gardendale High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,061 students in 2018 compared to 1,076 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 68% to 57% over that span.

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