Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet

Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet is a secondary school of mid-tier scale in Birmingham, Alabama, overseen by Birmingham City, teacheing 750 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 43 schools in Birmingham City (20,954 students total), Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet shows that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 6.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: i3 Academy Phase 1, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 745 students in 2018 compared to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 6% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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