Mountain Brook Junior High School

Mountain Brook Junior High School is one of the high-enrollment intermediate schools in Mountain Brook, Alabama, operated by Mountain Brook City, with 1,005 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 9. That puts it 98% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Mountain Brook Junior High School is one of 6 schools operated by Mountain Brook City, a district that serves 4,425 students overall.

Demographically, Mountain Brook Junior High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder reads as 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Mountain Brook Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mountain Brook Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household income runs about $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Mountain Brook Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Crestline Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Brook Junior High School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

Mountain Brook Junior High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Mountain Brook Junior High School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,054 (now 1,005). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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