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Enrollment
670
High
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000192
Wenonah High School
2800 Wilson Rd SW, Birmingham, AL 35221 · (205) 231-1675 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Alabama public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
544 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 169 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 171 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 158 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 172 | 26% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
12.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
1.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 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
25.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% 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 Wenonah High School
Wenonah High School's state test result (6.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenonah High School this school | 670 | 81.2% | 6.7% |
| Center Point High School Center Point | 685 | 80.7% | 4.6% |
| Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet Birmingham | 750 | 83.7% | 6.8% |
| JacksonOlin High School Birmingham | 713 | 86.1% | 5.8% |
| Central High School Tuscaloosa | 796 | 78.1% | 9.6% |
| Anniston High School Anniston | 498 | 78.9% | 2.4% |
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 Wenonah High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #294 of 305 | #26 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.3% | #300 of 305 | #30 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #262 of 305 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #117 of 319 | #24 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #153 of 307 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #250 of 307 | #23 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #30 of 317 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #107 of 164 | #9 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
670
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 670 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 81% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 37.6 | 17.8:1 | 85% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 40.5 | 16.2:1 | 85% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 85% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 85% (625) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 61% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 63 | 15.6:1 | 70% (685) |
| 2000-01 | 1,226 | 52 | 23.6:1 | 57% (700) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 52 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wenonah High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (736 to 670); teachers down 13% (45 to 39).
About Wenonah High School
Wenonah High School is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has 670 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12.
Birmingham City has a total of 43 schools and 20,954 students, Wenonah High School among them.
At Wenonah High School, 88% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 42% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wenonah High School scores 21%.
Wenonah High School lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.2 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 81% of the student body. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Wenonah High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Alabama public high schools.
Wenonah High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 6.7%. Predicted: 25.0%. Difference: 18.3 points.
The county, Jefferson County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 181 public schools and about 97,401 students.
Wenonah High School's nearest public school is Jones Valley Middle School (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Wenonah High School places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 661 to 670, a small change.
On allk12, people connected to Wenonah High School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Birmingham City
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Huffman AcademyElementary · 779 students
- Ramsay High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetHigh · 750 students
Other schools in Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Jones Valley Middle School0.7 mi · 465
- Green Acres Middle School1.3 mi · 309
- Midfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 377
- Richard Arrington Elementary1.6 mi · 341
- Midfield High School1.8 mi · 327
- Legacy Prep Intermediate1.8 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About Wenonah High SchoolHow many students attend Wenonah High School?
Wenonah High School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wenonah High School serve?
Wenonah High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Wenonah High School have?
Wenonah High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Wenonah High School?
Wenonah High School reports a student body of 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Wenonah High School public or private?
Wenonah High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Birmingham City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.