📍 125 Atwood Road, Hayden, Blount County, 35079
Hayden High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Hayden, Blount County. The school has 812 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Blount County school district. It serves grades 8–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
Hayden High School enrolls 812 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 769 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
341 of the school's 812 students (42%) 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.
Hayden High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-40.
Hayden High School is one of 17 schools in Blount County, based in Oneonta, Alabama. The district serves 7,600 students district-wide and employs 419 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 812 students, Hayden High School is larger than the district average of about 447 students per school.