Hayden High School

Located at 125 Atwood Road, in Hayden, Alabama, Hayden High School is a reasonably sized secondary school that educates 798 students (grades 8 through 12), run under Blount County.

Across the 14 schools in Blount County (7,600 students total), Hayden High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hayden High School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blount County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hayden High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.3%; actual is 36.2%, a gap of -25.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Blount County shows median household earnings sit near $64,190, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Blount County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students), of which Hayden High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hayden Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hayden High School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 862 students in 2018 compared to 798 in 2025.

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