Pinson Valley High School
6895 No 75 Hwy
Pinson AL, 35126, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-379-5100
Ranking: 
(294 out of 359, bottom 18%)*
(294 out of 359, bottom 18%)*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: | 51 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 62 | 69 | 67 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,028 | 990 | 983 | 974 | 1,007 | 994 | 1,025 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 294 | 28.6% | 275 | 27.8% | 278 | 28.3% | 269 | 27.6% | 294 | 29.2% | 251 | 25.3% | 292 | 28.5% |
| Grade 10: | 266 | 25.9% | 262 | 26.5% | 280 | 28.5% | 266 | 27.3% | 237 | 23.5% | 286 | 28.8% | 297 | 29.0% |
| Grade 11: | 239 | 23.2% | 227 | 22.9% | 229 | 23.3% | 191 | 19.6% | 240 | 23.8% | 239 | 24.0% | 231 | 22.5% |
| Grade 12: | 229 | 22.3% | 226 | 22.8% | 196 | 19.9% | 248 | 25.5% | 236 | 23.4% | 218 | 21.9% | 205 | 20.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 518 | 50.4% | 516 | 52.1% | 513 | 52.2% | 532 | 54.6% | 540 | 53.6% | 513 | 51.6% | 506 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 510 | 49.6% | 474 | 47.9% | 470 | 47.8% | 442 | 45.4% | 458 | 45.5% | 473 | 47.6% | 515 | 50.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 122 | 11.9% | 107 | 10.8% | 100 | 10.2% | 79 | 8.1% | 83 | 8.2% | 70 | 7.0% | 64 | 6.2% |
| Black: | 398 | 38.7% | 371 | 37.5% | 329 | 33.5% | 332 | 34.1% | 324 | 32.2% | 308 | 31.0% | 295 | 28.8% |
| White: | 503 | 48.9% | 505 | 51.0% | 548 | 55.7% | 557 | 57.2% | 594 | 59.0% | 612 | 61.6% | 660 | 64.4% |
| 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% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 468 | 45.5% | 431 | 43.5% | 428 | 43.5% | 341 | 35.0% | 299 | 29.7% | 251 | 25.3% | 251 | 24.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 84 | 8.2% | 76 | 7.7% | 71 | 7.2% | 67 | 6.9% | 92 | 9.1% | 70 | 7.0% | 74 | 7.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.00 | 16.67 | 16.41 | 14.74 | 16.16 | 14.40 | 15.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 51.7% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 49.3% | 50.9% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.06% | 45.95% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.68% | 43.98% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 66% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 60.5% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 66.4% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.78% | 60.61% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 81.25% | 74.32% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 60.1% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 63.9% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.66% | 61.16% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.76% | 61.36% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 59.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 56.5% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 60.5% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.88% | 60.31% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.09% | 58.68% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.97% | 71.16% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.19% | 85.66% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.13% | 91.59% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.48% | 94.19% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.35% | 94.89% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 86% | 83.1% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 81.2% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 77.7% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.18% | 78.48% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.81% | 73.17% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.71% | 79.16% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.22% | 74.46% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.85% | 75.25% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.14% | 71.46% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 79.1% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 77.6% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 79.9% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.09% | 80.64% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.22% | 78.84% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 82.32% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 78.84% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.91% | 82.49% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.88% | 79.75% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 88.8% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 86.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 84.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.46% | 83.09% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.49% | 78.91% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 78.25% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 79.69% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.41% | 81.84% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 82.85% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 83.9% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 81.1% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 81.6% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.09% | 80.6% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 76.23% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.61% | 70.78% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 73.5% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 71.8% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 69% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.55% | 65.97% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.26% | 65.79% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.45% | 73.37% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.25% | 65.88% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.33% | 66.37% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.98% | 65.15% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.08% | 92.47% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.61% | 97.81% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.44% | 98.37% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 95.3% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.6% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 93.3% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.06% | 88.1% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.24% | 92.81% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.98% | 90.75% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.38% | 88.58% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.96% | 89.75% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.64% | 88.11% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92% | 94.2% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 93.7% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 93.6% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.43% | 89.24% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.64% | 92.71% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.87% | 93.24% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.64% | 92.56% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.11% | 93.81% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.61% | 92.68% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 96.6% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 95.9% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 94.5% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.42% | 90.09% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 94% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.34% | 92.81% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.36% | 92.23% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.23% | 93.02% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.81% | 92.92% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 95% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 94.1% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.54% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.21% | 93.94% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.87% | 92.01% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 90.5% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 92% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 89.8% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 81.25% | 83.91% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 89.47% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.25% | 87.31% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.51% | 87.44% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 78.51% | 82.45% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 87.14% | 89.74% |
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* Pinson Valley 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.