Summary:
North Jackson High School is the only high school in Jackson County, Alabama, serving grades 9-12 in Stevenson with 432 students. This single-school district means the school’s performance directly shapes the county’s overall 3-star rating, placing it in the 63rd percentile of Alabama districts.
For parents, the standout feature is the school’s perfect 100% graduation rate for 2024-2025, well above the state average of 91.5%. This is especially notable given that 56.48% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism at 11.5%, lower than both the district (12.7%) and state (12.0%). Academically, the school showed strong year-over-year gains in 11th-grade assessments: math proficiency jumped from 11.58% to 19.59%, science from 24.21% to 32.99%, and English from 18.09% to 20.83%. However, proficiency still trails state averages in all subjects, with English being the biggest gap at 12.9 points behind the state. Math and science are closer, sitting 7.6 and 3.2 points behind state averages, respectively.
The school’s state ranking has been volatile: it ranked 195th in 2023-2024, dropped to 232nd in 2024-2025, then recovered to 212th in 2025-2026. This suggests cohort-to-cohort variability rather than a consistent trend. The student-teacher ratio is 20.5:1, and per-student spending was $9,896 in 2018-2019, though more recent spending data is unavailable. The most pressing challenge is English proficiency, which lags far behind state norms and likely requires targeted literacy interventions. Meanwhile, the rapid improvement in STEM subjects indicates momentum that could be leveraged. Overall, North Jackson excels at keeping students on track to graduate and engaged in school, but closing the academic achievement gap—especially in English—remains its key opportunity for growth.
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