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Enrollment
1,333
High
DISTRICT 898 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOMEWOOD CITY·NCES 010176000608
Homewood High School
1901 S Lakeshore Dr, Homewood, AL 35209 · (205) 871-9663 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,333 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Alabama public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
12.0:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
372 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 9 | 338 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 302 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 349 | 26% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Homewood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
63.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Homewood High School
Homewood High School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homewood High School this school | 1,333 | 27.9% | 64.8% |
| Helena High School Helena | 1,383 | 26.4% | 40.8% |
| Daphne High School Daphne | 1,639 | 27.6% | 51.0% |
| Buckhorn High School New Market | 1,320 | 32.2% | 48.1% |
| East Limestone High School Athens | 1,216 | 34.0% | 42.5% |
| Chelsea High School Chelsea | 1,235 | 23.5% | 49.2% |
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 Homewood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #7 of 305 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #5 of 305 | #3 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #13 of 305 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,333 | #36 of 319 | #5 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #8 of 307 | #2 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #105 of 307 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #298 of 317 | #29 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #69 of 130 | #7 of 15 |
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
1,333
+110 (+9%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,333 | 110.9 | 12.0:1 | 28% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 1,308 | 107.9 | 12.1:1 | 29% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 1,330 | 105.5 | 12.6:1 | 28% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 1,223 | 94 | 13.0:1 | 16% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,226 | 91.4 | 13.4:1 | 23% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 1,144 | 84 | 13.6:1 | 30% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | 92 | 10.7:1 | 27% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 90 | 11.0:1 | 10% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 52 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,226 to 1,333); teachers up 21% (91.4 to 110.9).
About Homewood High School
Homewood High School is a large high school with its address in Homewood, Alabama. There are 1,333 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 95% larger than the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama.
Homewood High School is part of a district of 5 schools: Homewood City, with 4,492 students.
The student body at Homewood High School is 65% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Homewood High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1, with 110.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Alabama average 17.2:1. The school has 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
Among Alabama public high schools, Homewood High School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Homewood High School is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.8% actual, 63.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that median household income comes to about $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 181, with about 97,401 students.
Vestavia Hills Elementary East is the nearest public school to Homewood High School, about 0.9 miles away. Homewood High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Homewood High School ranks 7th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Homewood High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,333, from 1,223 in 2020-21.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Homewood City
- Homewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,000 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Hall Kent Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Shades Cahaba Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Other schools in Homewood
- Homewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,000 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Hall Kent Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Shades Cahaba Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Vestavia Hills Elementary East0.9 mi · 771
- Shades Cahaba Elementary School1.2 mi · 507
- Edgewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 935
- Homewood Middle School1.7 mi · 1,000
- Jefferson County Virtual School1.9 mi · 247
- Mountain Brook Elementary School1.9 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Homewood High SchoolHow large is Homewood High School?
Homewood High School enrolls approximately 1,333 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Homewood High School serve?
Homewood High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Homewood High School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Homewood High School.
What is the student diversity at Homewood High School?
Student demographics at Homewood High School are roughly 65% White, 14% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Homewood High School?
Homewood High School is overseen by Homewood City in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.