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Montevallo High School

980 Oak St, Montevallo, AL 35115 · (205) 682-6400 · Shelby County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
Enrollment
485
High
DISTRICT 970 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
377 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 911023%
Grade 1012927%
Grade 1113027%
Grade 1211624%
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
19540%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
16835%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
11023%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
92%
DISTRICT 2% · 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
25452%
Female
23148%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
21.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.7%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 →

Where Montevallo High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Shelby County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
20.2%#209 of 305#10 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
17.7%#160 of 305#9 of 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
21.5%#218 of 305#10 of 10
Enrollment
ranked largest first
485#183 of 319#9 of 10
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.9:1#18 of 307#2 of 10
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.7%#13 of 307#2 of 10
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
77.7%#48 of 317#1 of 10
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+16.9%#35 of 130#2 of 7
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
485
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254853513.9:178% (377)
2023-2451633.515.4:177% (397)
2022-2350631.516.1:176% (385)
2020-214373014.6:157% (249)
2017-184152715.4:163% (262)
2015-164072615.7:159% (240)
2010-113713211.6:153% (198)
2000-014443114.3:136% (159)
1990-914372219.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montevallo High School.

About Montevallo High School

Among the schools in Montevallo, Alabama, is Montevallo High School, a small high school. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 485 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 682 students for high schools in Alabama.

Shelby County has 20,638 students in 29 schools, and Montevallo High School is one of those schools.

The student body at Montevallo High School has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic and 23% Black. Shelby County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.

Montevallo High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 17.2:1 for high schools in Alabama. The school has 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Shelby County averages 42%, lower than here.

A school with Montevallo High School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 27.5%. Montevallo High School scores 20.2%, 7.3 points below that line.

The county, Shelby County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $97,961 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Shelby County has 48 public schools with about 35,120 students, including Montevallo High School.

Montevallo Elementary School is the nearest public school to Montevallo High School, about 0.3 miles away. Montevallo High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Montevallo High School ranks 8th on proficiency.

Montevallo High School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 485, compared with 437 in 2020-21.

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Shelby County at a glance

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Population
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students

Quick facts

School name
Montevallo High School
District
Shelby County
Address
980 Oak St, Montevallo, AL 35115
Phone
(205) 682-6400
County
Shelby County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
485
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
13.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
377 (78%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
010303001177
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Montevallo High School
What is the total enrollment at Montevallo High School?
Montevallo High School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Montevallo High School serve?
Montevallo High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montevallo High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montevallo High School is approximately 13.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montevallo High School?
At Montevallo High School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Montevallo High School in?
Montevallo High School is part of Shelby County.
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