📍 1800 13th Ave S, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35205
Ramsay High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 660 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
Ramsay High School enrolls 660 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 634 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.2% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
399 of the school's 660 students (60%) 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.
Ramsay 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.
Ramsay 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 660 students, Ramsay High School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.