📍 6100 Old Leeds Rd, Irondale, Jefferson County, 35210
Shades Valley High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Irondale, Jefferson County. The school has 1,200 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Shades Valley High School enrolls 1,200 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 23% White and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 645 | 54% |
| White | 270 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 238 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 12 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
816 of the school's 1,200 students (68%) 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.
Shades Valley High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-60.
Shades Valley High School is one of 57 schools in Jefferson County, based in Birmingham, Alabama. The district serves 35,444 students district-wide and employs 1,940 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,200 students, Shades Valley High School is larger than the district average of about 622 students per school.
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