James Clemens High School

Set in Madison, Alabama, James Clemens High School is a sizable secondary school, run under Madison City. It teaches 2,159 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 217% above the state mean of about 682.

Madison City comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 13,046 students; James Clemens High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, James Clemens High School logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 23% of students at James Clemens High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Limestone County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), James Clemens High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Limestone County) records that median household income runs about $83,629, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Limestone County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,258 students), of which James Clemens High School is one.

The closest other public school is Heritage Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, James Clemens High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 13%: 1,911 students in 2018 compared to 2,159 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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