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Wenonah High School

๐Ÿ“ 2800 Wilson Rd SW, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35221

656
Pupils
16.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Wenonah High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 656 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.

School details

School district
Birmingham City

Enrollment & staffing

Wenonah High School enrolls 656 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.

Male students
351 (54%)
Female students
305 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
40.5
Student-teacher ratio
16.2:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American60692%
Hispanic or Latino365.5%
Two or more races81.2%
White6<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

557 of the school's 656 students (85%) 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades 9โ€“12Title I

Wenonah 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.

School district: Birmingham City

Wenonah 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 656 students, Wenonah High School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.

20,954
District students
49
Schools
1,115
Teachers (FTE)

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