Leeds High School

Leeds High School is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Leeds, Alabama, operated by Leeds City. The school serves 624 students in grades 9 through 12.

Leeds High School is one of 4 schools operated by Leeds City, a district that teaches 2,271 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Leeds High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest consists of 22% Black, 18% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Leeds High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.0%; this one comes in at 30.2%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate 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. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Leeds High School is one.

The closest other public school is Leeds Primary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Leeds High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Leeds High School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 27%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 624 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 13% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.