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Enrollment
507
High
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042000209
JB Pennington High School
81 College St, Blountsville, AL 35031 · (205) 775-2050 · Blount County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Alabama public high schools
- C+Test 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
19.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
279 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 14% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
33.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 JB Pennington High School
JB Pennington High School's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JB Pennington High School this school | 507 | 55.0% | 22.7% |
| Fairview High School Cullman | 512 | 48.2% | 20.6% |
| Haleyville High School Haleyville | 464 | 52.2% | 40.3% |
| West Limestone High School Lester | 736 | 57.3% | 39.8% |
| New Brockton High School New Brockton | 455 | 51.9% | 28.4% |
| Hanceville High School Hanceville | 363 | 53.4% | 24.1% |
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 JB Pennington High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #187 of 305 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #215 of 305 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #136 of 305 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #172 of 319 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #270 of 307 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #173 of 307 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #162 of 317 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #137 of 164 | N/A |
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
507
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 507 | 25.5 | 19.9:1 | 55% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 26.2 | 20.1:1 | 65% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 27.1 | 19.1:1 | 65% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 56% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 28.9 | 18.6:1 | 59% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 59% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 29 | 20.5:1 | 51% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 28% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 21 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JB Pennington High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (537 to 507); teachers down 12% (28.9 to 25.5).
About JB Pennington High School
JB Pennington High School is a high school in Blountsville, Alabama, according to federal school records. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 507 students enrolled. It has 26% fewer students than the average for high schools in Alabama (about 682).
Blount County enrolls 7,600 students in 14 schools, including JB Pennington High School.
About 73% of the student body at JB Pennington High School is White. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic. County-wide, 88% of Blount County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
The school's 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. High schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.2:1. At JB Pennington High School, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
JB Pennington High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Alabama public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for JB Pennington High School is -21.3 points, in the bottom 10% of Alabama. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.7%, and the predicted rate is 44.0%.
In Blount County, home to about 59,518 people, the median household earns about $64,190 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. JB Pennington High School shares Blount County with 19 other public schools.
The closest school to JB Pennington High School is Blountsville Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of JB Pennington High School. Its average proficiency rate of 22.7% is below the 45.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%.
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Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Hayden High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Locust Fork ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Blountsville
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Susan Moore High SchoolHigh · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Blountsville Elementary School0.2 mi · 648
- Cleveland High School6.5 mi · 389
- Cleveland Elementary School6.5 mi · 499
- Holly Pond Elementary School6.5 mi · 634
- Holly Pond High School6.5 mi · 278
- Susan Moore Elementary School9.1 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About JB Pennington High SchoolHow large is JB Pennington High School?
JB Pennington High School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does JB Pennington High School serve?
JB Pennington High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does JB Pennington High School have?
JB Pennington High School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
How diverse is JB Pennington High School?
JB Pennington High School reports a student body of 73% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JB Pennington High School?
JB Pennington High School is overseen by Blount County in Blount County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.