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Enrollment
798
High
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042000208
Hayden High School
125 Atwood Road, Hayden, AL 35079 · (205) 647-0397 · Blount County
GRADES 08–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Alabama public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
249 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 8 | 177 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 164 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 161 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 162 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 17% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Blount County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 Hayden High School
Hayden High School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden High School this school | 798 | 31.2% | 36.2% |
| Brooks High School Killen | 729 | 34.0% | 50.2% |
| Lauderdale County High School Rogersville | 542 | 33.2% | 43.1% |
| Hartselle High School Hartselle | 1,027 | 26.8% | 44.4% |
| Mortimer Jordan High School Kimberly | 886 | 34.9% | 29.9% |
| Corner High School Dora | 492 | 32.9% | 35.0% |
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 Hayden High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #88 of 305 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #87 of 305 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #98 of 305 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #89 of 319 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #259 of 307 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #280 of 307 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #291 of 317 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #127 of 164 | 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
798
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 798 | 41.2 | 19.4:1 | 31% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 42.2 | 18.9:1 | 42% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 42% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 30% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 46.1 | 18.7:1 | 35% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 48 | 18.5:1 | 36% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 38% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 21% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 26 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayden High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (862 to 798); teachers down 11% (46.1 to 41.2).
About Hayden High School
Hayden High School is one of the public schools in Hayden, Alabama. It is a medium-sized high school. The grade span is 8 through 12, and enrollment is 798 students.
Blount County enrolls 7,600 students in 14 schools, including Hayden High School.
At Hayden High School, White students make up 93% of the student body. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Hayden High School has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.4:1. Among high schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.2:1. Eligible students account for 31% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Blount County averages 48%, higher than here.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Hayden High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Hayden High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 25.1 points (36.2% versus 61.3%), a bottom-10% result in Alabama on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Blount County show that median household income is about $64,190, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Hayden High School is one of 20 public schools in Blount County, which together enroll about 8,980 students.
The closest public school, Hayden Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Hayden High School. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Hayden High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 800 students in 2020-21 and 798 in 2024-25.
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Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Locust Fork ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Hayden Primary SchoolElementary · 530 students
Other schools in Hayden
- Hayden Primary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Hayden Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Hayden Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other Hayden High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hayden High. Hayden High School is the largest of the 3.
- Hayden High SchoolHAYDEN, CO · 119 students
- Hayden High SchoolWinkelman, AZ · 93 students
Nearby schools
- Hayden Elementary School0.2 mi · 298
- Hayden Primary School0.4 mi · 530
- Hayden Middle School0.7 mi · 437
- Warrior Elementary School6.5 mi · 612
- Mortimer Jordan High School7.0 mi · 886
- North Jefferson Middle School7.7 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About Hayden High SchoolHow many students attend Hayden High School?
Hayden High School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does Hayden High School serve?
Hayden High School serves grades 08-12.
How many teachers does Hayden High School have?
Hayden High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hayden High School?
At Hayden High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hayden High School public or private?
Hayden High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blount County.
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