Wenonah High School
2800 Wilson Rd Sw
Birmingham AL, 35221, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-1660
Ranking: 
(197 out of 359, bottom 45%)*
(197 out of 359, bottom 45%)*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: | 48 | 51 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 51 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 782 | 797 | 850 | 982 | 1,016 | 1,187 | 863 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 211 | 27.0% | 232 | 29.1% | 187 | 22.0% | 283 | 28.8% | 296 | 29.1% | 404 | 34.0% | 275 | 31.9% |
| Grade 10: | 213 | 27.2% | 233 | 29.2% | 241 | 28.4% | 231 | 23.5% | 296 | 29.1% | 274 | 23.1% | 221 | 25.6% |
| Grade 11: | 195 | 24.9% | 157 | 19.7% | 203 | 23.9% | 250 | 25.5% | 203 | 20.0% | 278 | 23.4% | 190 | 22.0% |
| Grade 12: | 163 | 20.8% | 175 | 22.0% | 219 | 25.8% | 218 | 22.2% | 221 | 21.8% | 231 | 19.5% | 177 | 20.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 426 | 54.5% | 427 | 53.6% | 433 | 50.9% | 498 | 50.7% | 502 | 49.4% | 586 | 49.4% | 425 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 356 | 45.5% | 370 | 46.4% | 417 | 49.1% | 484 | 49.3% | 506 | 49.8% | 593 | 50.0% | 434 | 50.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 776 | 99.2% | 791 | 99.2% | 843 | 99.2% | 976 | 99.4% | 1,015 | 99.9% | 1,181 | 99.5% | 859 | 99.5% |
| White: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 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: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 626 | 80.1% | 685 | 85.9% | 692 | 81.4% | 636 | 64.8% | 761 | 74.9% | 805 | 67.8% | 607 | 70.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 5.0% | 39 | 4.9% | 50 | 5.9% | 49 | 5.0% | 64 | 6.3% | 63 | 5.3% | 66 | 7.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.29 | 15.63 | 14.17 | 15.59 | 16.13 | 16.90 | 16.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 25.6% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 25% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 30.2% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.17% | 32.06% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 30.81% | 27.8% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 48.4% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 43.7% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 48.8% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.08% | 51.3% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.84% | 62.12% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 42.4% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 42.6% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 39.8% | 45.8% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.81% | 48.74% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.99% | 44.86% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 39.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 36.4% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 44.2% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.26% | 50.2% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 47.98% | 43.72% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.99% | 65.2% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.12% | 79.48% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.68% | 87.2% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.94% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.15% | 88.84% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 68.4% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 68% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 73% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.58% | 70.3% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 44.37% | 60.05% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.59% | 70.98% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.75% | 73.98% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.01% | 68% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 43.03% | 51.84% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 60.8% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 59.1% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 77.8% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.89% | 80.08% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.17% | 73.43% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.06% | 75% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.61% | 81.82% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.53% | 81.97% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.61% | 72.12% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 78.8% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87% | 79.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.59% | 75.22% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 74% | 73.04% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.65% | 71.41% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.67% | 79.69% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.57% | 76.6% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 52.72% | 69.77% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 67% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 62.9% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 73.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.71% | 70.24% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 47.69% | 63.15% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 72.31% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 66.1% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 66% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 73.5% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.62% | 67.37% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 38.16% | 54.26% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.97% | 63.18% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.38% | 71.92% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.29% | 68.76% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 31.71% | 55.17% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.62% | 93.1% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.09% | 96.14% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.26% | 95.87% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 94.6% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 90.1% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 89.9% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.24% | 83.11% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.72% | 92.59% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.07% | 87.96% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.09% | 88.99% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.55% | 88.09% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.63% | 84.3% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 94.6% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 89.4% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 90.8% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.59% | 83.39% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.09% | 94.14% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.63% | 90.84% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.09% | 93.94% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.17% | 93.26% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 91.12% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 95.9% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 91.1% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 92.2% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.24% | 83.56% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.09% | 93.67% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.58% | 89.99% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.56% | 90.26% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.83% | 91.43% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.38% | 88.47% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 96.3% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 91% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 91.7% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.56% | 83.44% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.08% | 91.84% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.65% | 89.06% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 93.5% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97% | 90.6% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 90% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.92% | 83.16% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.82% | 92.05% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.06% | 89.56% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 88.94% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.85% | 87.79% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.01% | 85.7% | 89.74% |
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* Wenonah 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.