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Jemison High School

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Jemison High School ranks 276 th of 386 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

276^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 386 Alabama High Schools

Better than 28% of Alabama high schools

Summary

Jemison High School is a public high school in Huntsville, AL, serving 858 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Huntsville City district.

Jemison presents an interesting mix of strengths and challenges. While its standardized test scores in math, science, and English are below both district and state averages, the school shows a remarkable ability to keep students engaged and on track to graduate. Its graduation rate of 96.0% is a standout, exceeding the district average of 94.5% and the state average of 91.5%, and it even surpasses nearby schools like Virgil Grissom High School (91.4%) and Columbia High School (90.6%). This suggests a strong focus on student support and ensuring that students complete their education. Additionally, Jemison has a very low chronic absenteeism rate of 6.9%, far better than the state average of 12.0% and significantly lower than schools like Sparkman High School (15.2%) and Bob Jones High School (12.1%), indicating that students are consistently showing up to class.

There are also positive signs of academic momentum. In the most recent school year, proficiency rates more than doubled across all core subjects, and the school's overall state ranking jumped from the 8th percentile to the 28th percentile. While still below the performance of schools like Huntsville High School and New Century Technology High School, this upward trajectory is encouraging. Jemison also demonstrates notable success with specific student groups, ranking in the 92nd percentile for White students and the 76th percentile for English Language Learners. With a high percentage of students from low socio-economic backgrounds (69.46% eligible for free/reduced lunch), the school's high graduation rate and improving test scores suggest that recent initiatives are beginning to yield positive results, making it a school worth watching.

858

Students ?

19.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,834

Per pupil spending ?

69.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5000 Pulaski Pike
Huntsville, AL 35810

(256) 428-8100

District: Huntsville City

Feeder schools for Jemison High School:

Elementary:	Highlands Elementary School
	James Dawson Elementary
	Lakewood Elementary School
	Rolling Hills Elementary School
Middle:	Ronald McNair 78

Racial breakdown:

African American:

71.8%

Hispanic:

18.4%

White:

5.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 27th percentile in 2019 → 28th in 2026

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the Alabama average (92%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (18% vs 32% meeting standards)

!Science scores 17 pts below the Alabama average

!Near the bottom of Huntsville City's ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg39%

Alabama avg32%

276^th of 386

Alabama public high schools ?

Bottom 28%▲ up 2 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 6High Schools in the Huntsville City

78^th of 140Huntsville City 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
2026	28.4	276 of 386	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.9	343 of 374	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	290 of 378	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	288 of 371	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	287 of 367	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.5	262 of 371	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	269 of 366	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	37.3	148 of 238	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.4	201 of 228	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.8	114 of 231	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.7	166 of 224	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.0	144 of 222	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.2	118 of 228	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.5	108 of 224	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	25.5	180 of 223	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.6	176 of 189	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	57.7	21 of 90	76.7%	★★★★☆
2025	45.7	28 of 75	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	26.3	48 of 63	23.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	51.1	13 of 39	66.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	25.0	286 of 377	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	345 of 359	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	278 of 366	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	282 of 358	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	301 of 367	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	289 of 359	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	257 of 354	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	318 of 347	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.4	321 of 343	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.1	126 of 142	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	110 of 139	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.9	66 of 122	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	15.8	101 of 114	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.2	57 of 113	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.8	60 of 103	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.5	51 of 95	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	17.9	79 of 93	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	27.0	296 of 383	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	13.9	344 of 367	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	302 of 375	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	276 of 349	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	329 of 361	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	297 of 361	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.1	329 of 358	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	303 of 349	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	257 of 380	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	15.1	321 of 363	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	285 of 368	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.4	269 of 358	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	271 of 366	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.6	216 of 366	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.0	269 of 357	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	315 of 350	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	7.0	330 of 339	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	50.3	53 of 123	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	8.4	62 of 66	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	31 of 45	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	9.3	35 of 40	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	35 of 43	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	39.0	114 of 197	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	61.8	50 of 194	74.2%	★★★★☆
2024	68.3	40 of 198	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	29.0	128 of 182	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.7	75 of 169	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	93.9	9 of 196	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	37.4	106 of 171	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.0	81 of 160	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.1	61 of 83	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	90.4	26 of 320	91.9%	★★★★★
2025	23.2	254 of 325	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	57.3	109 of 325	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	114 of 317	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.4	131 of 326	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	95.3	19 of 319	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	83.7	42 of 313	86.6%	★★★★☆

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)

White (2026)92nd percentile+63 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)77th percentile+48 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)57th percentile+28 vs school

Special Education (2026)42nd percentile+14 vs school

African American (2026)38th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2026)32nd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)24th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)23rd percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)11th percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English21%-12 vs state

Science19%-17 vs state

Mathematics15%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)				Summative Assessment Science (2026)		Summative Assessment English (2026)				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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Jemison High School	Public	9-12	5000 Pulaski Pike	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-8100	858	44	19.4	69.5%	47 (5.5%)	616 (71.8%)	158 (18.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	31 (3.6%)	28.4	276^th of 386 public high schools	28.5%		12.9	343^rd of 374 public high schools	8.3%	67				14.6		19.3				21.3	$11,834	$2,162	$9,671
Lee High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2500 Meridian Street	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(256) 428-8150	877	49	18.0	59.7%	143 (16.3%)	576 (65.7%)	116 (13.2%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.4%)	36.3	246^th of 386 public high schools	36.3%		40.9	207^th of 374 public high schools	44.7%	39				10.1		22.9				32.2	$12,340	$1,764	$10,575
New Century Technology High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2500 Meridian Street NW	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	Yes	No	No	(256) 428-7800	366	27	13.5	20.8%	176 (48.1%)	106 (29.0%)	54 (14.8%)	12 (3.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.4%)	100	3^rd of 386 public high schools	99.2%		99.8	4^th of 374 public high schools	98.9%	1				75.3		82.7				90.1
Madison County Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1275 Jordan Rd Building A	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	Yes	No	(256) 852-2557	513	30	17.2	39.6%	347 (67.6%)	56 (10.9%)	37 (7.2%)	12 (2.3%)	31 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	25.4	285^th of 386 public high schools	26.2%		62.7	120^th of 374 public high schools	67.9%	165	27.8	28.6	13.8	6.9	55.2	23.5	72.2	85.0	51.7	20.0
Madison County Career Technical Center	Public	9-12	1275 Jordan Rd Bldg A	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	No	(256) 852-2170	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Huntsville High School	Public	9-12	2304 Billie Watkins St SW	Huntsville	35801	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	No	(256) 428-8050	1,807	103	17.5	32.8%	1,068 (59.1%)	458 (25.3%)	149 (8.2%)	28 (1.5%)	13 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	88 (4.9%)	94	19^th of 386 public high schools	95.1%		90.7	30^th of 374 public high schools	92.0%	11				45.8		52.1				65.4	$7,531	$475	$7,055
Huntsville Center For Technology	Public	9-12	2603 Memorial Parkway NW	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	No	(256) 428-7810																			(n/a)
Columbia High School	Public	9-12	300 Explorer Boulevard	Huntsville	35806	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7576	916	54	16.9	57.5%	117 (12.8%)	469 (51.2%)	264 (28.8%)	7 (0.8%)	5 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	48 (5.2%)	21.3	311^th of 386 public high schools	19.4%		18.6	303^rd of 374 public high schools	19.0%	8				7.2		16.3				20.5	$10,661	$882	$9,778
Sparkman High School	Public	9-12	2616 Jeff Rd	Harvest	35749	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	No	(256) 837-0331	1,770	88	20.1	36.6%	777 (43.9%)	632 (35.7%)	175 (9.9%)	33 (1.9%)	54 (3.1%)	7 (0.4%)	92 (5.2%)	80.4	59^th of 386 public high schools	84.7%		88.4	37^th of 374 public high schools	90.1%	22				34.7		42.9				47.2	$8,030	$650	$7,341
Bob Jones High School	Public	9-12	650 Hughes Rd	Madison	35758	Madison County	Madison City	No	No	No	No	(256) 772-2547	2,048	113	18.0	25.4%	1,096 (53.5%)	469 (22.9%)	183 (8.9%)	142 (6.9%)	14 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	143 (7.0%)	95.9	16^th of 386 public high schools	95.9%		93.9	22^nd of 374 public high schools	94.1%	6				53.4		61.0				53.3	$9,356	$610	$8,716

Frequently Asked Questions about Jemison High School

What schools feed into Jemison High School?

Jemison High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Highlands Elementary School
Elementary : James Dawson Elementary
Elementary : Lakewood Elementary School
Elementary : Rolling Hills Elementary School
Middle : Ronald McNair 78

What district is Jemison High School in?

Huntsville City

How many students attend Jemison High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 858 students attended Jemison High School.

What is the racial makeup of Jemison High School?

Students at Jemison High School are 72% African American, 18% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Two or more races.

Is Jemison High School a good school?

Jemison High School ranks 276^th of 386 Alabama high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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2025–26 Summative Assessment scoresAug 14, 2026

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