Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Huffman High SchoolMagnet is one of the expansive senior highs in Birmingham, Alabama, part of Birmingham City, with 1,094 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Birmingham City runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 20,954 students. Huffman High SchoolMagnet is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Huffman High SchoolMagnet lists that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Huffman High SchoolMagnet falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 26.0%; this one comes in at 8.0%, -18.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Huffman High SchoolMagnet is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Nearest neighbor: Huffman Academy, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Huffman High SchoolMagnet at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

Huffman High SchoolMagnet operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 1,363 students in 2018 compared to 1,094 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 92% to 87%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.