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Shades Valley High School

Serves grades 9 - 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
6100 Old Leeds Rd
Irondale, AL 35210
Phone
(205) 379-5350
District
Jefferson County
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1200
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

8

(10 is best)

Better than 75.7% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Shades Valley High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
27%
44%
30%
29%
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
20
19
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 310 25.8%
Grade 10 326 27.2%
Grade 11 270 22.5%
Grade 12 294 24.5%
Total 1200 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 23.1% 33.0% 53.8%
Black 55.3% 52.7% 32.8%
Hispanic 20.4% 13.7% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.4% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 68.0% 64.1% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 58.9% 57.1% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.1% 7.1% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 239,884 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 301.2 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.9% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.4% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 17.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 92,718 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.5% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.4% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.4% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.3% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.7% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,261 $225,072,000 48.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $728 $26,169,000 5.6%
Staff $438 $15,754,000 3.4%
General Administration $117 $4,222,000 0.9%
School Administration $741 $26,645,000 5.7%
Operation $900 $32,338,000 6.9%
Transportation $560 $20,125,000 4.3%
Other $253 $9,078,000 1.9%
Total Support $3,737 $134,331,000 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,972 $106,845,000 22.9%
Total Expenditures $12,969 $466,248,000 100.0%
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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