📍 81 College St, Blountsville, Blount County, 35031
JB Pennington High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Blountsville, Blount County. The school has 519 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Blount County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
JB Pennington High School enrolls 519 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 396 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
337 of the school's 519 students (65%) 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.
JB Pennington 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.
JB Pennington 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 519 students, JB Pennington High School is larger than the district average of about 447 students per school.
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