McAdory High School

McAdory High School is one of the high-enrollment high schools in McCalla, Alabama, operated by Jefferson County, with 1,259 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Jefferson County comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,444 students; McAdory High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, McAdory High School shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 16% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting McAdory High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, McAdory High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.7%; McAdory High School posts 6.9%, -38.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), McAdory High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McAdory Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, McAdory High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McAdory High School has rose 19%, going from 1,058 students in 2018 to 1,259 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 36% to 16% over that span.

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