📍 400 Abraham Woods Jr Blvd, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35204
Parker High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 826 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
Parker High School enrolls 826 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 702 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 14% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
741 of the school's 826 students (90%) 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.
Parker High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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.
Parker High School is one of 49 schools in Birmingham City, based in Birmingham, Alabama. The district serves 20,954 students district-wide and employs 1,115 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 826 students, Parker High School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.