Summary:
Zip code 35120, covering the Odenville area of Alabama, is served by a single public high school, Saint Clair County High School, which enrolls 665 students in grades 9-12 as part of the St Clair County school district.
For parents, the most important takeaway is that this school shows dramatic year-to-year swings in performance. After a very poor 2024-25 school year, where the school ranked in the bottom third of Alabama high schools, it rebounded strongly in 2025-26 to the 70th percentile. In the most recent year, the school’s English scores are a clear strength, with 41.56% of 11th graders proficient—nearly 8 points above the state average. Science is also slightly above the state average. However, mathematics remains a persistent weakness, with only 21.15% proficient, which is 6 points below the state. The graduation rate of 87.7% is above the district average but trails the state by about 4 points. A significant red flag is chronic absenteeism: 16.9% of students are chronically absent, which is 70% higher than the district rate and 41% higher than the state rate. This attendance issue likely contributes to the school’s volatility and lower graduation rate.
With nearly half of students (47.52%) qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school faces socioeconomic challenges, making its strong English performance particularly notable. The student-teacher ratio is 18.5:1, and per-student spending was $10,482 in 2018-19. The school’s ability to bounce back from a disastrous year suggests resilience, but the combination of high absenteeism and weak math achievement indicates that targeted interventions in attendance and mathematics are critical. Parents should view this school as one with real strengths in literacy but with clear areas needing improvement, especially given the inconsistent year-over-year results.
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