Homewood High School

Homewood High School, a sprawling secondary school in Homewood, Alabama, overseen by Homewood City, enrolls 1,333 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 95% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Homewood City (4,492 students total), Homewood High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Homewood High School records that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Homewood High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Homewood High School is one campus in the mix.

Vestavia Hills Elementary East is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Homewood High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 1,226 students in 2018 compared to 1,333 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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