📍 4950 Premiere Parkway, Bessemer, Jefferson County, 35022
Bessemer City High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Bessemer, Jefferson County. The school has 850 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bessemer City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
Bessemer City High School enrolls 850 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 688 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 2.5% |
| White | 9 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
516 of the school's 850 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bessemer City High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-70.
Bessemer City High School is one of 9 schools in Bessemer City, based in Bessemer, Alabama. The district serves 3,012 students district-wide and employs 156 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 850 students, Bessemer City High School is larger than the district average of about 335 students per school.
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