📍 2285 Minor Pkwy, Adamsville, Jefferson County, 35005
Minor High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Adamsville, Jefferson County. The school has 915 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
Minor High School enrolls 915 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Black or African American, 8% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 776 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 8% |
| White | 53 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
769 of the school's 915 students (84%) 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.
Minor 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-70.
Minor 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 915 students, Minor High School is larger than the district average of about 622 students per school.