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Enrollment
1,282
High
DISTRICT 830 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001035
Percy Julian High School
225 Ann St, Montgomery, AL 36107 · (334) 269-3742 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
1,015 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 420 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 335 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 264 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 263 | 21% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
6.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
3.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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
6.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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 Percy Julian High School
Percy Julian High School's state test result (6.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Julian High School this school | 1,282 | 79.2% | 6.7% |
| Parker High School Birmingham | 942 | 79.9% | 8.9% |
| Bessemer City High School Bessemer | 760 | 79.6% | 3.5% |
| Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School Montgomery | 1,587 | 76.0% | 7.1% |
| Huffman High SchoolMagnet Birmingham | 1,094 | 79.8% | 8.0% |
| Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet Birmingham | 750 | 83.7% | 6.8% |
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 Percy Julian High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #293 of 305 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.2% | #282 of 305 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #295 of 305 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,282 | #38 of 319 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #158 of 307 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #164 of 307 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #40 of 317 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #70 of 164 | N/A |
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
1,282
-104 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,822
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 1,282 | 74.5 | 17.2:1 | 79% (1,015) |
| 2023-24 | 1,260 | 65.5 | 19.2:1 | 86% (1,080) |
| 2022-23 | 1,374 | 73.5 | 18.7:1 | 86% (1,178) |
| 2020-21 | 1,386 | 61 | 22.7:1 | 86% (1,187) |
| 2017-18 | 1,528 | 80 | 19.1:1 | 86% (1,309) |
| 2015-16 | 1,491 | 70 | 21.3:1 | 63% (934) |
| 2010-11 | 2,034 | 108 | 18.8:1 | 66% (1,341) |
| 2000-01 | 1,611 | 97 | 16.6:1 | 38% (619) |
| 1990-91 | 1,822 | 92 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Percy Julian High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,528 to 1,282); teachers down 7% (80 to 74.5).
About Percy Julian High School
Located in Montgomery, Alabama, Percy Julian High School is a large high school. The latest federal count shows 1,282 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Alabama is about 682 students, so this school is 88% bigger than average.
Percy Julian High School falls under Montgomery County, which has 51 schools enrolling 26,958 students.
By race and ethnicity, Percy Julian High School is 73% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic and 3% White. In Montgomery County overall, about 59% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Percy Julian High School comes in at 42%.
Federal data list 74.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Percy Julian High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.2:1. High schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.2:1. The lunch program counts 79% of students at Percy Julian High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Percy Julian High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Alabama are predicted to post 26.5%, so the school is 19.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Among Montgomery County residents, median household income is about $59,386, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Percy Julian High School is one of 60 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 31,131 students.
Nearest public school: Capitol Heights Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Percy Julian High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,282 was 8% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,386. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.7:1 to 17.2:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Goodwyn Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Goodwyn Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Capitol Heights Middle School0.3 mi · 593
- Highland Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 453
- Childrens Center0.8 mi · 79
- Morningview Elementary School0.8 mi · 434
- Floyd Middle School1.1 mi · 525
- Flowers Elementary School1.4 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Percy Julian High SchoolHow many students attend Percy Julian High School?
Percy Julian High School enrolls approximately 1,282 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Percy Julian High School serve?
Percy Julian High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Percy Julian High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Percy Julian High School is approximately 17.2:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Percy Julian High School?
At Percy Julian High School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 23% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Percy Julian High School in?
Percy Julian High School is part of Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.