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Jackson-Olin High School
1300 Ave F Ensley
Birmingham AL, 35218, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-6431
Ranking: 
(335 out of 359, bottom 7%)*
(335 out of 359, bottom 7%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Birmingham City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 64 | 69 | 79 | 84 | 82 | 85 | 91 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,073 | 1,097 | 1,167 | 1,364 | 1,433 | 1,536 | 1,392 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 362 | 33.7% | 362 | 33.0% | 363 | 31.1% | 447 | 32.8% | 504 | 35.2% | 560 | 36.5% | 491 | 35.3% |
| Grade 10: | 288 | 26.8% | 303 | 27.6% | 329 | 28.2% | 358 | 26.2% | 363 | 25.3% | 362 | 23.6% | 397 | 28.5% |
| Grade 11: | 224 | 20.9% | 203 | 18.5% | 254 | 21.8% | 244 | 17.9% | 250 | 17.4% | 317 | 20.6% | 246 | 17.7% |
| Grade 12: | 199 | 18.5% | 225 | 20.5% | 220 | 18.9% | 315 | 23.1% | 315 | 22.0% | 292 | 19.0% | 254 | 18.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 502 | 46.8% | 532 | 48.5% | 586 | 50.2% | 674 | 49.4% | 666 | 46.5% | 692 | 45.1% | 628 | 45.1% |
| Female: | 571 | 53.2% | 565 | 51.5% | 581 | 49.8% | 690 | 50.6% | 759 | 53.0% | 836 | 54.4% | 760 | 54.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic: | 13 | 1.2% | 18 | 1.6% | 15 | 1.3% | 9 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 1,056 | 98.4% | 1,076 | 98.1% | 1,151 | 98.6% | 1,350 | 99.0% | 1,415 | 98.7% | 1,522 | 99.1% | 1,383 | 99.4% |
| White: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.3% |
| 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: | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 917 | 85.5% | 965 | 88.0% | 1,001 | 85.8% | 919 | 67.4% | 1,105 | 77.1% | 1,093 | 71.2% | 877 | 63.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 5.2% | 50 | 4.6% | 69 | 5.9% | 72 | 5.3% | 93 | 6.5% | 116 | 7.6% | 104 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.90 | 16.01 | 14.77 | 16.24 | 17.48 | 17.90 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 25.6% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 32% | 25% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 30.2% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.41% | 32.06% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 20.39% | 27.8% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 48.4% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 43.7% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 48.8% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.28% | 51.3% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 62.12% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 42.4% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 42.6% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 45.8% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.06% | 48.74% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 37.25% | 44.86% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 31.8% | 39.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 36.4% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 44.2% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.68% | 50.2% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 33.72% | 43.72% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.05% | 65.2% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.66% | 79.48% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.44% | 87.2% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.26% | 88.94% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.07% | 88.84% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 68.4% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 68% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 73% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.03% | 70.3% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 48.67% | 60.05% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 70.98% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 56% | 73.98% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.67% | 68% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 46.79% | 51.84% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 60.8% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 59.1% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 77.8% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.19% | 80.08% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.26% | 73.43% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.55% | 75% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.05% | 81.82% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 81.97% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.51% | 72.12% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 78.8% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 93% | 79.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 75.22% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.11% | 73.04% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.91% | 71.41% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.23% | 79.69% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 76.6% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.61% | 69.77% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 67% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 62.9% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 73.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.27% | 70.24% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.27% | 63.15% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.13% | 72.31% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 66.1% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80% | 66% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 73.5% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 54.58% | 67.37% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 48.29% | 54.26% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 47.06% | 63.18% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.07% | 71.92% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 52.09% | 68.76% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 44.95% | 55.17% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.77% | 93.1% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.68% | 96.14% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.03% | 95.87% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94.6% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 90.1% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 89.9% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 76.66% | 83.11% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.73% | 92.59% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 78.15% | 87.96% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 80.59% | 88.99% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 73.93% | 88.09% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 70.31% | 84.3% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 94.6% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 89.4% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.8% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 75.96% | 83.39% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.46% | 94.14% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.08% | 90.84% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.57% | 93.94% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.14% | 93.26% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.58% | 91.12% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.9% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 91.1% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.8% | 92.2% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.56% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90% | 93.67% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.81% | 89.99% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.64% | 90.26% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 84.28% | 91.43% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.85% | 88.47% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.3% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 91% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 91.7% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 78.04% | 83.44% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.45% | 91.84% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 82.77% | 89.06% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 93.5% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 90.6% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 90% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 83.16% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.64% | 92.05% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.19% | 89.56% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 78.02% | 88.94% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 69.64% | 87.79% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 69.87% | 85.7% | 89.74% |
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* Jackson-Olin High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.