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What's one thing Jemison High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
702
High
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHILTON COUNTY·NCES 010066000262
Jemison High School
25195 US Highway 31, Jemison, AL 35085 · (205) 280-4860 · Chilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Alabama public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
21.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
473 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 184 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 166 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
17.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Jemison High School
Jemison High School's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jemison High School this school | 702 | 67.4% | 20.4% |
| Douglas High School Douglas | 727 | 64.8% | 29.9% |
| Boaz High School Boaz | 721 | 64.6% | 26.1% |
| Asbury High School Albertville | 659 | 72.5% | 20.8% |
| West Morgan High School Trinity | 476 | 66.8% | 13.6% |
| Fort Payne High School Fort Payne | 1,106 | 62.2% | 27.7% |
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 Jemison High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #205 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #180 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #240 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #113 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #300 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #59 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #82 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #65 of 130 |
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
702
+52 (+8%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 702 | 32.2 | 21.8:1 | 67% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 31.2 | 22.0:1 | 84% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 32.2 | 21.3:1 | 80% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 46% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 30.9 | 20.8:1 | 51% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 846 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 56% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 53% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 21% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 764 | 34 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jemison High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (643 to 702); teachers up 4% (30.9 to 32.2).
About Jemison High School
At 25195 US Highway 31 in Jemison, Alabama, Jemison High School operates as a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 702 students.
A total of 12 schools make up Chilton County, with 7,921 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Jemison High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. The next largest groups are 42% White, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Chilton County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jemison High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.8:1. That is 4.6 students per teacher above the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 67%. On average, public schools in Chilton County report 57%.
Jemison High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Alabama public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Jemison High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.4%, compared with a predicted 35.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Chilton County show that the median household income is $65,603, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 14 public schools in Chilton County, enrolling about 7,921 students in all.
Nearby, Jemison Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Jemison High School's average proficiency of 20.4% compares with 33.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Jemison High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 702 students in 2024-25, 52 more than the 650 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.6:1 in 2020-21 to 21.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Chilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,992
Census ACS
Median income
$65,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chilton County
- Clanton Elementary SchoolElementary · 942 students
- Thorsby High SchoolCombined · 895 students
- Chilton County High SchoolHigh · 833 students
- Isabella High SchoolCombined · 789 students
- Jemison Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Clanton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in Jemison
- Jemison Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Jemison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Jemison Middle SchoolMiddle · 328 students
Other Jemison High schools
One other US public school is named Jemison High. Jemison High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jemison High SchoolHuntsville, AL · 858 students
Nearby schools
- Jemison Middle School0.1 mi · 328
- Jemison Elementary School1.6 mi · 752
- Jemison Intermediate School1.7 mi · 468
- Thorsby High School4.0 mi · 895
- Calera High8.8 mi · 1,018
- Calera Intermediate School9.3 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Jemison High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jemison High School?
Jemison High School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Jemison High School serve?
Jemison High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jemison High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jemison High School is approximately 21.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jemison High School?
Jemison High School reports a student body of 42% White, 48% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jemison High School public or private?
Jemison High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.