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Gardendale High School
800 Main St Gardendale AL, 35071, Jefferson County Phone: 205-379-3600 Ranking:  (215 out of 359, bottom 40%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Jefferson County School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 59 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 56 | 61 | 63 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,095 | 1,113 | 1,066 | 1,071 | 1,043 | 1,020 | 973 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 279 | 25.5% | 321 | 28.8% | 284 | 26.6% | 291 | 27.2% | 278 | 26.7% | 266 | 26.1% | 285 | 29.3% |
| Grade 10: | 321 | 29.3% | 272 | 24.4% | 294 | 27.6% | 278 | 26.0% | 265 | 25.4% | 295 | 28.9% | 256 | 26.3% |
| Grade 11: | 243 | 22.2% | 266 | 23.9% | 264 | 24.8% | 242 | 22.6% | 272 | 26.1% | 238 | 23.3% | 229 | 23.5% |
| Grade 12: | 252 | 23.0% | 254 | 22.8% | 224 | 21.0% | 260 | 24.3% | 228 | 21.9% | 221 | 21.7% | 203 | 20.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 537 | 49.0% | 559 | 50.2% | 506 | 47.5% | 500 | 46.7% | 501 | 48.0% | 481 | 47.2% | 484 | 49.7% |
| Female: | 558 | 51.0% | 554 | 49.8% | 560 | 52.5% | 571 | 53.3% | 531 | 50.9% | 531 | 52.1% | 485 | 49.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.5% | 8 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 17 | 1.6% | 17 | 1.5% | 10 | 0.9% | 17 | 1.6% | 21 | 2.0% | 19 | 1.9% | 17 | 1.7% |
| Black: | 287 | 26.2% | 271 | 24.3% | 275 | 25.8% | 242 | 22.6% | 199 | 19.1% | 169 | 16.6% | 147 | 15.1% |
| White: | 779 | 71.1% | 813 | 73.0% | 769 | 72.1% | 803 | 75.0% | 813 | 77.9% | 824 | 80.8% | 803 | 82.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 6 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 279 | 25.5% | 261 | 23.5% | 296 | 27.8% | 243 | 22.7% | 193 | 18.5% | 158 | 15.5% | 133 | 13.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 65 | 5.9% | 68 | 6.1% | 50 | 4.7% | 48 | 4.5% | 44 | 4.2% | 49 | 4.8% | 49 | 5.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.52 | 17.82 | 16.78 | 16.69 | 18.56 | 16.60 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 51.7% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 50.9% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.82% | 45.95% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.19% | 43.98% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 66% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 60.5% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 66.4% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.04% | 60.61% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.38% | 74.32% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 60.1% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 63.9% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 61.16% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.04% | 61.36% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 59.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 56.5% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 60.5% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.34% | 60.31% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.64% | 58.68% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.33% | 71.16% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 85.66% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.41% | 91.59% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.28% | 94.19% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.72% | 94.89% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 80% | 83.1% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 79% | 81.2% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 77.7% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.73% | 78.48% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.03% | 73.17% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.65% | 79.16% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 74.46% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.07% | 75.25% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.85% | 71.46% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 79.1% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 77.6% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 79.9% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.45% | 80.64% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.05% | 78.84% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.93% | 82.32% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.14% | 78.84% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.27% | 82.49% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 79.75% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 88.8% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 86.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 84.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85% | 83.09% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 78.91% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.75% | 78.25% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.46% | 79.69% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.09% | 81.84% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.95% | 82.85% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 83.9% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.1% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 86% | 81.6% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 80.6% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.48% | 76.23% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 70.78% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 73.5% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 71.8% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 69% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.27% | 65.97% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.31% | 65.79% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.08% | 73.37% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 65.88% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.54% | 66.37% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.29% | 65.15% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.99% | 92.47% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.57% | 97.81% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.54% | 98.37% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 95.3% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 94.6% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 93.3% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.57% | 88.1% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.68% | 92.81% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.73% | 90.75% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.58% | 88.58% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.88% | 89.75% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.61% | 88.11% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 94.2% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 93.7% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 93.6% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.15% | 89.24% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.13% | 92.71% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.64% | 93.24% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.38% | 92.56% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.69% | 93.81% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.24% | 92.68% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.3% | 96.6% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 95.9% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 94.5% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 90.09% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.55% | 94% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.63% | 92.81% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.72% | 92.23% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.53% | 93.02% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.89% | 92.92% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 95% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.4% | 94.1% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.09% | 89.54% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.26% | 93.94% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.18% | 92.01% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 90.5% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 92% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91% | 89.8% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.74% | 83.91% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.77% | 89.47% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.64% | 87.31% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.44% | 87.44% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.23% | 82.45% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.52% | 87.14% | 89.74% |
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* Gardendale High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.