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Vestavia Hills High School

Serves grades 10 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2235 Lime Rock Rd
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
Phone
(205) 402-5250
District
Vestavia Hills City
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1578
Classroom Teachers
114

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.0% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Vestavia Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
68%
27%
67%
30%
68%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
14
16
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 10 520 33.0%
Grade 11 531 33.7%
Grade 12 527 33.4%
Total 1578 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.8% 83.8% 53.8%
Black 5.7% 5.4% 32.8%
Hispanic 3.6% 3.9% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.8% 6.7% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 10.4% 10.6% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 8.7% 9.2% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 1.4% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 38,600 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,927.3 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 17.8% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,195 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 4.8% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.1% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 67.9% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.1% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.6% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.9% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.3% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.0% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.8% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,131 $57,479,000 56.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,286 $9,088,000 8.9%
Staff $250 $1,769,000 1.7%
General Administration $316 $2,237,000 2.2%
School Administration $697 $4,927,000 4.8%
Operation $1,576 $11,139,000 10.9%
Transportation $108 $766,000 0.7%
Other $156 $1,103,000 1.1%
Total Support $4,389 $31,029,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,954 $13,810,000 13.5%
Total Expenditures $14,474 $102,318,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,200 $4,655,842,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $587,926,000 6.5%
Staff $452 $339,107,000 3.7%
General Administration $257 $193,007,000 2.1%
School Administration $647 $485,591,000 5.3%
Operation $1,010 $758,603,000 8.3%
Transportation $503 $377,902,000 4.2%
Other $272 $204,126,000 2.2%
Total Support $3,924 $2,946,262,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,976 $1,483,801,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $12,100 $9,085,905,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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