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Enrollment
708
High
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CLAIR COUNTY·NCES 010306201591
Moody High School
714 High School Dr, Moody, AL 35004 · (205) 640-5127 · St. Clair County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Alabama public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
19.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
257 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 | 192 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 159 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 200 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 157 | 22% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
30.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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 Moody High School
Moody High School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moody High School this school | 708 | 36.3% | 35.5% |
| Marbury High School Deatsville | 626 | 39.5% | 29.2% |
| Mortimer Jordan High School Kimberly | 886 | 34.9% | 29.9% |
| Baldwin Preparatory Academy Loxley | 528 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Brooks High School Killen | 729 | 34.0% | 50.2% |
| Scottsboro High School Scottsboro | 727 | 42.5% | 33.7% |
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 Moody High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #91 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #69 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #119 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #112 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #262 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #133 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.3% | #273 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #120 of 130 |
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
708
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 708 | 36.3 | 19.5:1 | 36% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 34.3 | 19.7:1 | 50% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 34.9 | 19.7:1 | 50% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 37 | 18.5:1 | 38% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 37.3 | 18.7:1 | 40% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 37% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 14% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 24 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moody High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (696 to 708); teachers down 3% (37.3 to 36.3).
About Moody High School
Moody High School is a high school in Moody, Alabama, according to federal school records. The latest federal count shows 708 students in grades 9 through 12.
St Clair County counts 18 schools and 9,658 students, including Moody High School.
At 70%, White students outnumber all other groups at Moody High School combined. Other students are 14% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Clair County residents are about 84% White. Moody High School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.5:1. For comparison, high schools in Alabama average 17.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 36%. It compares with 49% for public schools in St. Clair County.
Moody High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Alabama public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Moody High School is a bottom-10% school in Alabama on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.5% against a predicted 57.6%.
Among St. Clair County residents, median household income is about $77,463, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 29 public schools in St. Clair County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,737.
The nearest public school is Moody Junior High School, at about 0.1 miles. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Moody High School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Moody High School had 686 students in 2020-21 and 708 in 2024-25, a 3% increase.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,166
Census ACS
Median income
$77,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
13,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Clair County
- Moody Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Springville High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Springville Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Margaret ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Saint Clair County High SchoolHigh · 665 students
Other schools in Moody
- Moody Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Moody Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Moody Junior High SchoolMiddle · 373 students
Other Moody High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Moody High. Moody High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Moody High SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 1,326 students
- Moody High SchoolMOODY, TX · 216 students
Nearby schools
- Moody Junior High School0.1 mi · 373
- Moody Middle School0.3 mi · 573
- Moody Elementary School2.5 mi · 839
- SCC Virtual Preparatory Academy3.2 mi · 418
- Margaret Elementary4.7 mi · 707
- Odenville Intermediate School5.7 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Moody High SchoolHow many students attend Moody High School?
Moody High School enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Moody High School serve?
Moody High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moody High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moody High School is approximately 19.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Moody High School?
Student demographics at Moody High School are roughly 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Moody High School in?
Moody High School is part of St Clair County.
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