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Enrollment
624
High
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEEDS CITY·NCES 010001102096
Leeds High School
1500 Greenwave Drive, Leeds, AL 35094 · (205) 699-4510 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Alabama public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
292 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 153 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 164 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 142 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 165 | 26% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Leeds City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Leeds High School
Leeds High School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds High School this school | 624 | 46.8% | 30.2% |
| Jasper High School Jasper | 850 | 45.9% | 43.0% |
| Elberta High School Elberta | 735 | 46.7% | 41.6% |
| Saint Clair County High School Odenville | 665 | 47.5% | 14.3% |
| Sipsey Valley High School Buhl | 524 | 41.6% | 18.5% |
| Sparkman Ninth Grade School Harvest | 621 | 43.2% | N/A |
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 Leeds High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #126 of 305 | #9 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #133 of 305 | #10 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #159 of 305 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #128 of 319 | #25 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #165 of 307 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #63 of 307 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #220 of 317 | #23 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.6% | #14 of 130 | #3 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
624
+57 (+10%) vs 2020
+57% since 2010-11, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 47% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 52% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 35.5 | 17.4:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 34% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 43% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | N/A | N/A | 52% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 61% (244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leeds High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (493 to 624); teachers up 89% (19 to 36).
About Leeds High School
Among the schools in Leeds, Alabama, is Leeds High School, a mid-sized high school. Enrollment totals 624 students across grades 9 through 12.
Leeds City runs Leeds High School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 2,271 students in total.
The share of White students at Leeds High School is 58%, a majority. The school is also 22% Black and 18% Hispanic. That is higher than the 48% White share among all Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Leeds High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.3 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Alabama is about 17.2:1. Leeds High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%.
Among Alabama public high schools, Leeds High School outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
In Alabama, Leeds High School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.2% compared with a predicted 50.0%.
In Jefferson County, home to about 667,755 people, the median household earns about $66,388 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Jefferson County number 181, with about 97,401 students.
The closest school to Leeds High School is Leeds Primary School, located about 0.8 miles away. Leeds High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 43.6% on proficiency, and Leeds High School is below that at 30.2%.
NCES assigns Leeds High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 624 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 567. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.9:1 to 17.3:1.
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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 Leeds City
- Leeds Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Leeds Primary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Leeds Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
Other schools in Leeds
- Leeds Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Leeds Primary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Leeds Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
Other Leeds High schools
One other US public school is named Leeds High. Leeds High School is the largest of the 2.
- LEEDS HIGH SCHOOLLeeds, ND · 30 students
Nearby schools
- Leeds Primary School0.8 mi · 517
- Leeds Elementary School1.5 mi · 678
- Leeds Middle School2.2 mi · 452
- Magnolia Elementary School4.6 mi · 391
- Grantswood Community School4.7 mi · 394
- SCC Virtual Preparatory Academy4.8 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Leeds High SchoolHow many students attend Leeds High School?
Leeds High School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Leeds High School serve?
Leeds High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leeds High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leeds High School is approximately 17.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Leeds High School?
Leeds High School reports a student body of 58% White, 18% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Leeds High School public or private?
Leeds High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Leeds City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.