📍 100 Calera Eagle Drive, Calera, Shelby County, 35040
Calera High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Calera, Shelby County. The school has 1,066 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shelby County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
Calera High enrolls 1,066 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 43% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 474 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 456 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 10 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
630 of the school's 1,066 students (59%) 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.
Calera High 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.
Calera High is one of 31 schools in Shelby County, based in Columbiana, Alabama. The district serves 20,638 students district-wide and employs 1,209 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,066 students, Calera High is larger than the district average of about 666 students per school.