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McAdory High School

4800 McAdory School Rd, McCalla, AL 35111 · (205) 379-4700 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,259 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,259
High
DISTRICT 958 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
663 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 930224%
Grade 1030124%
Grade 1134728%
Grade 1230925%
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
20016%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
23819%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
79763%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
60%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
181%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
63550%
Female
62450%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
5.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.1%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-38.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 →

Where McAdory High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Jefferson County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
6.9%#289 of 305#24 of 32
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
4.1%#275 of 305#20 of 32
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
5.1%#297 of 305#28 of 32
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,259#40 of 319#6 of 33
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.1:1#213 of 307#24 of 32
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
53.8%#101 of 307#10 of 32
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
52.7%#180 of 317#20 of 33
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+19.0%#29 of 130#5 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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,259
+199 (+19%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 2,049
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,25969.518.1:153% (663)
2023-241,2406519.1:173% (910)
2022-231,1626617.6:173% (843)
2020-211,0605818.3:161% (643)
2017-181,05857.518.4:151% (536)
2015-161,0325319.5:135% (363)
2010-118805316.6:140% (354)
2000-011,4878018.6:138% (564)
1990-912,04910419.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAdory High School.

About McAdory High School

Families in McCalla, Alabama, are served by McAdory High School, a high-enrollment high school. It enrolled 1,259 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Alabama average about 682 students each.

Jefferson County runs McAdory High School along with 54 other schools, enrolling 35,444 students in total.

At McAdory High School, Black students make up 63% of the student body. Next come 19% Hispanic and 16% White. The county population is about 42% Black. McAdory High School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.

McAdory High School employs 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.1:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 53%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 52%.

After accounting for student poverty, McAdory High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.9% is 38.8 points below the 45.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.

Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County has 181 public schools and roughly 97,401 students.

Nearest public school: McAdory Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, McAdory High School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.

The NCES locale for McAdory High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, McAdory High School's enrollment climbed 19%, to 1,259.

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Jefferson County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
McAdory High School
District
Jefferson County
Address
4800 McAdory School Rd, McCalla, AL 35111
Phone
(205) 379-4700
County
Jefferson County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,259
Teachers (FTE)
70
Student–teacher ratio
18.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
663 (53%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
010192000725
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Jefferson County
Other schools in McCalla
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Frequently asked questions

About McAdory High School
What is the total enrollment at McAdory High School?
McAdory High School enrolls approximately 1,259 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does McAdory High School serve?
McAdory High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does McAdory High School have?
McAdory High School employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at McAdory High School?
Student demographics at McAdory High School are roughly 16% White, 19% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is McAdory High School public or private?
McAdory High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
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