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Enrollment
1,094
High
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000141
Huffman High SchoolMagnet
900 Springville Rd, Birmingham, AL 35215 · (205) 231-5000 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,094 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Alabama public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
18.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
873 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 283 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 267 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 281 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 263 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
9.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
2.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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
8.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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 Huffman High SchoolMagnet
Huffman High SchoolMagnet's state test result (8.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffman High SchoolMagnet this school | 1,094 | 79.8% | 8.0% |
| Carver Senior High School Montgomery | 1,553 | 82.7% | 7.8% |
| Central High School Tuscaloosa | 796 | 78.1% | 9.6% |
| Mattie T Blount High School Eight Mile | 1,058 | 77.6% | 8.8% |
| Parker High School Birmingham | 942 | 79.9% | 8.9% |
| Center Point High School Center Point | 685 | 80.7% | 4.6% |
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 Huffman High SchoolMagnet ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #282 of 305 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #287 of 305 | #23 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #273 of 305 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,094 | #57 of 319 | #8 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #234 of 307 | #28 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #243 of 307 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #37 of 317 | #9 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #49 of 164 | #5 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
1,094
-45 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,338
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 1,094 | 59 | 18.5:1 | 80% (873) |
| 2023-24 | 1,123 | 60 | 18.7:1 | 71% (802) |
| 2022-23 | 1,147 | 60 | 19.1:1 | 71% (820) |
| 2020-21 | 1,139 | 60 | 19.0:1 | 71% (813) |
| 2017-18 | 1,363 | 77 | 17.7:1 | 71% (974) |
| 2015-16 | 1,433 | 66 | 21.7:1 | 54% (775) |
| 2010-11 | 1,184 | 72 | 16.4:1 | 66% (783) |
| 2000-01 | 1,534 | 75 | 20.4:1 | 32% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 1,338 | 80 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huffman High SchoolMagnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,363 to 1,094); teachers down 23% (77 to 59).
About Huffman High SchoolMagnet
Huffman High SchoolMagnet is classified as a high school. It is located in Birmingham, Alabama. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,094 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 682-student average for high schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 60% higher.
Huffman High SchoolMagnet sits within Birmingham City, which has 43 schools and 20,954 students.
The student body at Huffman High SchoolMagnet is 87% Black. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Black share is about 42%. Huffman High SchoolMagnet's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. On average, high schools in Alabama have 17.2:1, compared with 18.5:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Huffman High SchoolMagnet is 80%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 28 points.
Huffman High SchoolMagnet is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Alabama public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Huffman High SchoolMagnet is in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.0%. The school's actual rate is 8.0%, 18.0 points lower.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that the median household income is $66,388, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Huffman High SchoolMagnet, Jefferson County has 180 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Huffman Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Huffman High SchoolMagnet is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 24.7% on proficiency, and Huffman High SchoolMagnet is below that at 8.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Huffman High SchoolMagnet is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has fallen by 45 students since 2020-21, to 1,094.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Huffman High SchoolMagnet. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Birmingham City
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Huffman AcademyElementary · 779 students
- Ramsay High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetHigh · 750 students
- JacksonOlin High SchoolHigh · 713 students
Other schools in Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Chalkville Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Huffman Academy0.6 mi · 779
- Smith Middle School1.0 mi · 336
- Huffman Middle School1.2 mi · 384
- Martha Gaskins K51.8 mi · 537
- Christian School2.2 mi · 574
- Center Point Elementary School2.5 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Huffman High SchoolMagnetHow many students attend Huffman High SchoolMagnet?
Huffman High SchoolMagnet enrolls approximately 1,094 students in grades 09-12.
Is Huffman High SchoolMagnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Huffman High SchoolMagnet is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Huffman High SchoolMagnet have?
Huffman High SchoolMagnet employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Huffman High SchoolMagnet?
Student demographics at Huffman High SchoolMagnet are roughly 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 87% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Huffman High SchoolMagnet in?
Huffman High SchoolMagnet is part of Birmingham City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.