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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mortimer Jordan High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
886
High
DISTRICT 958 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000728
Mortimer Jordan High School
1920 Blue Devil Road, Kimberly, AL 35091 · (205) 379-4850 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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.
- DBeats 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
18.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
309 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 242 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 214 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 233 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 197 | 22% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
29.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 Mortimer Jordan High School
Mortimer Jordan High School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortimer Jordan High School this school | 886 | 34.9% | 29.9% |
| Brooks High School Killen | 729 | 34.0% | 50.2% |
| Moody High School Moody | 708 | 36.3% | 35.5% |
| Hayden High School Hayden | 798 | 31.2% | 36.2% |
| Southside High School Southside | 825 | 33.7% | 28.7% |
| Marbury High School Deatsville | 626 | 39.5% | 29.2% |
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 Mortimer Jordan High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #131 of 305 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #120 of 305 | #9 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #162 of 305 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #78 of 319 | #15 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #218 of 307 | #25 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #198 of 307 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #278 of 317 | #26 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #32 of 130 | #6 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
886
+52 (+6%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 886 | 48.8 | 18.2:1 | 35% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 48.5 | 17.6:1 | 45% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 861 | 48.5 | 17.8:1 | 45% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 42 | 19.9:1 | 35% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 27% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 26% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 29% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 876 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 16% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mortimer Jordan High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (751 to 886); teachers up 16% (42 to 48.8).
About Mortimer Jordan High School
Mortimer Jordan High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Kimberly, Alabama. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 886 students. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for high schools in Alabama, which is about 682.
Mortimer Jordan High School is one school in a 55-school district, Jefferson County, which enrolls 35,444 students.
White students are the large majority at Mortimer Jordan High School, with 80% of enrollment. Next come 11% Black and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 48% White among all Jefferson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mortimer Jordan High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Dividing enrollment by its 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.2:1. Among high schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.2:1. Eligible students account for 35% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Measured against Alabama public high schools, Mortimer Jordan High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Alabama with Mortimer Jordan High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 58.6%. Mortimer Jordan High School scores 29.9%.
Mortimer Jordan High School is located in Jefferson County, where median household income is about $66,388, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Mortimer Jordan High School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 97,401 students.
North Jefferson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Mortimer Jordan High School is behind the 53.8% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 886 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 834. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.2:1, from 19.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mortimer Jordan High School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Nearby schools
- North Jefferson Middle School2.2 mi · 669
- Bryan Elementary School2.6 mi · 697
- Warrior Elementary School3.0 mi · 612
- Kermit Johnson School4.8 mi · 646
- Hayden Primary School6.6 mi · 530
- Hayden Elementary School6.7 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Mortimer Jordan High SchoolHow many students attend Mortimer Jordan High School?
Mortimer Jordan High School enrolls approximately 886 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mortimer Jordan High School serve?
Mortimer Jordan High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mortimer Jordan High School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Mortimer Jordan High School.
How diverse is Mortimer Jordan High School?
Mortimer Jordan High School reports a student body of 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mortimer Jordan High School public or private?
Mortimer Jordan High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.