Ramsay High School

Ramsay High School is a secondary school of average-sized scale in Birmingham, Alabama, overseen by Birmingham City, teacheing 762 students in grades 9 through 12.

Birmingham City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 20,954 students; Ramsay High School is among them.

Demographically, Ramsay High School reports that nearly all students (94%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ramsay High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at Ramsay High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ramsay High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 53.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Ramsay High School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson County Virtual School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ramsay High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 800 students in 2018 compared to 762 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.