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Pell City High School

1300 Cogswell Ave, Pell City, AL 35125 · (205) 338-2250 · St. Clair County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,193 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Alabama public high schools
  • CTest 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

Enrollment
1,193
High
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
659 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 931126%
Grade 1033428%
Grade 1128824%
Grade 1226022%
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
90976%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
565%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
18115%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
121%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
353%
DISTRICT 4% · 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
62953%
Female
56447%

School pathway

Feeds from
Duran Junior High School07–08
Based on grade levels within Pell City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
17.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.8%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 Pell City High School

Pell City High School's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pell City High School this school1,19355.2%19.7%
Baldwin County High School
Bay Minette
94055.9%32.7%
Ardmore High School
Ardmore
96450.0%37.7%
Albert P Brewer High School
Somerville
75753.9%28.5%
Rehobeth High School
Dothan
78648.0%26.6%
Citronelle High School
Citronelle
73459.7%17.7%
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 Pell City High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Alabama
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
19.7%#211 of 305
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
19.8%#144 of 305
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
17.0%#244 of 305
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,193#49 of 319
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.8:1#132 of 307
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
39.3%#181 of 307
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.2%#159 of 317
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+5.7%#89 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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,193
+63 (+6%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,1937116.8:155% (659)
2023-241,21568.317.8:157% (698)
2022-231,17161.319.1:155% (645)
2020-211,1306317.9:147% (536)
2017-181,12968.816.4:145% (504)
2015-161,1646916.9:148% (558)
2010-111,2529013.9:147% (588)
2000-011,0436316.6:129% (305)
1990-918774320.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pell City High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,129 to 1,193); teachers up 3% (68.8 to 71).

About Pell City High School

Pell City High School is a high-enrollment high school in Pell City, Alabama. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 1,193 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Alabama average about 682 students.

Pell City High School is run by Pell City, whose 8 schools enroll 4,079 students.

At 76%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pell City High School combined. The school is also 15% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Pell City High School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Pell City High School operates with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.8:1. High schools in Alabama average about 17.2:1, a similar figure. Pell City High School reports 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

allk12 grades Pell City High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Pell City High School is 43.8%. It actually posts 19.7%, which is 24.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.

Among St. Clair County residents, median household income is about $77,463, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 29 public schools in St. Clair County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,737.

Duran Junior High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Pell City High School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.

Pell City High School had 1,130 students in 2020-21 and 1,193 in 2024-25, a 6% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

St. Clair County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Pell City High School
District
Pell City
Address
1300 Cogswell Ave, Pell City, AL 35125
Phone
(205) 338-2250
County
St. Clair County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,193
Teachers (FTE)
71
Student–teacher ratio
16.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
659 (55%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
010265001573
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Pell City High School
How many students attend Pell City High School?
Pell City High School enrolls approximately 1,193 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pell City High School serve?
Pell City High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pell City High School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Pell City High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pell City High School?
At Pell City High School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 5% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pell City High School public or private?
Pell City High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pell City.
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