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Montevallo High School

Q: Is Montevallo High School a good school?

Montevallo High School ranks 212 th of 374 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

212^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 374 Alabama High Schools

Better than 43% of Alabama high schools

Summary

Montevallo High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Montevallo, Alabama, with a total enrollment of 516 students. The school is part of the Shelby County School District, which is ranked 34th out of 135 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Montevallo High School's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 149th to 280th out of 367-378 Alabama high schools, and its SchoolDigger rating has also varied from 1 to 3 stars. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with female students generally performing better than male students. Montevallo High School's four-year graduation rates have been relatively strong, ranging from 88.2% to 94.9% in recent years, but the school has experienced moderate to high levels of chronic absenteeism, with rates ranging from 13.5% to 20.4%. Academically, Montevallo High School's proficiency rates on state assessments are generally lower than the Shelby County and Alabama averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Montevallo High School's performance is generally lower than Shelby County High School and Helena High School, which are both ranked higher and have stronger academic outcomes. However, Montevallo High School outperforms the more distant West Blocton High School and Jemison High School. Montevallo High School's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch suggests that it serves a more economically disadvantaged population compared to some nearby schools.

485

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,913

Per pupil spending ?

77.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

980 Oak St
Montevallo, AL 35115

(205) 682-6400

District: Shelby County

Feeder schools for Montevallo High School:

Elementary:	Montevallo Elementary School
Middle:	Montevallo Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.2%

Hispanic:

34.6%

African American:

22.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 32nd percentile in 2015 → 43rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (20% vs 29% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 11 pts below the Alabama average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg39%

Alabama avg29%

212^th of 374

Alabama public high schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7High Schools in the Shelby County

34^th of 135Shelby County among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	39.6	212 of 374	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.8	280 of 378	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	47.0	169 of 371	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.5	259 of 367	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	53.7	149 of 371	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.1	210 of 366	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.4	230 of 356	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	42.7	189 of 353	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	57.1	138 of 351	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	35.2	240 of 353	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	31.9	259 of 358	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	51.7	214 of 358	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	56.6	172 of 358	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	38.2	266 of 360	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	44.3	235 of 358	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	66.4	91 of 357	74.5%	★★★★☆
2008	54.1	179 of 359	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	72.6	77 of 358	78.5%	★★★★☆
2006	70.1	64 of 357	82.1%	★★★★☆
2005	42.2	248 of 359	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	54.2	174 of 357	51.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	30.5	163 of 228	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	50.6	86 of 231	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.9	162 of 224	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	181 of 222	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.1	158 of 228	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	80.7	29 of 224	87.1%	★★★★☆
2018	13.2	214 of 223	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	29.4	142 of 189	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	62 of 75	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	49.9	164 of 359	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.1	203 of 366	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.5	201 of 358	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.7	294 of 367	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	67.0	95 of 359	73.5%	★★★★☆
2019	55.3	151 of 354	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.3	189 of 347	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	54.1	130 of 343	62.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	107 of 142	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	129 of 139	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	34.6	70 of 122	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.1	71 of 114	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	80.9	18 of 113	84.1%	★★★★☆
2019	51.3	40 of 103	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.9	56 of 95	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	23.1	69 of 93	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	36.1	221 of 367	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.3	280 of 375	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	47.0	165 of 349	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	31.5	254 of 361	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.9	176 of 361	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.0	129 of 358	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.4	205 of 349	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	28.8	236 of 315	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	256 of 363	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	309 of 368	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	51.9	140 of 358	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.6	192 of 366	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.1	194 of 366	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.2	233 of 357	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.0	267 of 350	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.0	259 of 339	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	34.4	35 of 57	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	12.7	52 of 55	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	37.3	26 of 45	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	28 of 40	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.6	18 of 35	48.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	54.5	74 of 194	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.5	54 of 198	72.7%	★★★★☆
2023	30.8	124 of 182	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.0	84 of 196	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.1	128 of 171	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.7	108 of 160	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	40.3	52 of 83	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	39.7	185 of 325	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.2	284 of 325	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	50.6	133 of 317	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.9	230 of 326	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	57.2	104 of 319	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	27.0	237 of 313	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.4	180 of 300	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	43.9	111 of 230	51.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)62nd percentile+19 vs school

Female (2025)54th percentile+11 vs school

White (2025)43rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)40th percentile-4 vs school

Native American (2025)39th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile-14 vs school

African American (2025)29th percentile-15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile-19 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)17th percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

Science22%-11 vs state

English22%-9 vs state

Mathematics18%-6 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)	Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Montevallo High School	Public	9-12	980 Oak St	Montevallo	35115	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-6400	485	35	13.8	77.7%	195 (40.2%)	110 (22.7%)	168 (34.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	39.6	212^th of 374 public high schools	43.3%		26.8	280^th of 378 public high schools	25.9%	68	17.7	21.5	21.5	$12,913	$952	$11,940
Calera High	Public	9-12	100 Calera Eagle Drive	Calera	35040	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-6100	1,018	57	17.8	56.9%	396 (38.9%)	451 (44.3%)	132 (13.0%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.8%)	43.7	196^th of 374 public high schools	47.6%		57	137^th of 378 public high schools	63.8%	59	14.7	25.7	25.5	$9,178	$947	$8,212
Thompson High School	Public	9-12	1921 Warrior Parkway	Alabaster	35007	Shelby County	Alabaster City	No	No	No	No	(205) 685-6700	2,060	128	16.1	49.9%	992 (48.2%)	522 (25.3%)	471 (22.9%)	24 (1.2%)	12 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	37 (1.8%)	78.4	71^st of 374 public high schools	81.0%		80.2	56^th of 378 public high schools	85.2%	15	34.9	43.1	32.4	$12,268	$891	$11,363
Jemison High School	Public	9-12	25195 US Highway 31	Jemison	35085	Chilton County	Chilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 280-4860	702	32	21.8	67.4%	294 (41.9%)	47 (6.7%)	335 (47.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.1%)	40.3	208^th of 374 public high schools	44.4%		26.2	282^nd of 378 public high schools	25.4%	74	15.6	27.9	17.7	$9,182	$1,660	$7,496
Helena High School	Public	9-12	1310 Hillsboro Parkway	Helena	35080	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-3650	1,383	79	17.6	26.4%	961 (69.5%)	228 (16.5%)	127 (9.2%)	24 (1.7%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (2.7%)	85.5	49^th of 374 public high schools	86.9%		91	32^nd of 378 public high schools	91.5%	17	36.4	45.5	40.4	$8,579	$631	$7,932
Career Technical Education Center	Public	9-12	701 Highway 70	Columbiana	35051	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-6650	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
New Direction	Public	6-12	701 Hwy 70	Columbiana	35051	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-5910	0	6	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Pelham High School	Public	9-12	2500 Panther Cir	Pelham	35124	Shelby County	Pelham City	No	No	No	No	(205) 624-3701	1,076	73	14.8	43.2%	469 (43.6%)	212 (19.7%)	320 (29.7%)	30 (2.8%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (3.7%)	76	82^nd of 374 public high schools	78.1%		78.2	62^nd of 378 public high schools	83.6%	20	27.0	40.9	38.3	$11,406	$899	$10,506
West Blocton High School	Public	9-12	4734 Truman Aldrich Parkway	West Blocton	35184	Bibb County	Bibb County	No	No	No	No	(205) 938-9002	368	23	16.0	43.8%	291 (79.1%)	35 (9.5%)	34 (9.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	39.9	211^th of 374 public high schools	43.6%		30.4	265^th of 378 public high schools	29.9%	54	19.8	18.8	22.1	$10,146	$1,343	$8,787
Shelby County High School	Public	9-12	101 Washington St	Columbiana	35051	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-6600	572	41	14.1	57.0%	417 (72.9%)	73 (12.8%)	67 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	68.3	100^th of 374 public high schools	73.3%		48.1	180^th of 378 public high schools	52.4%	80	30.0	35.7	29.5	$11,966	$1,110	$10,834

Frequently Asked Questions about Montevallo High School

What district is Montevallo High School in?

Shelby County

What schools feed into Montevallo High School?

Montevallo High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Montevallo Elementary School
Middle : Montevallo Middle School

Is Montevallo High School a good school?

Montevallo High School ranks 212^th of 374 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Montevallo High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 485 students attended Montevallo High School.

What is the racial makeup of Montevallo High School?

Students at Montevallo High School are 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 23% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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