Jefferson County Virtual School
Birmingham · AL · Jefferson County · Public · K-12 combined
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Magic City Acceptance Academy → Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School → Adolescent Day Treatment → Homebound High School → Fairfield Area Vocational School → Midfield High School → Midfield Area Vocational Department → Jefferson County Counseling Learning CenterEast →At a glance
- 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: 54th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
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How Jefferson County Virtual School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 54th percentile nationally with 4 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyAL trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Magic City Acceptance Academy, Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School, Adolescent Day Treatment and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
54th percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
The University of Alabama
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,420/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -10.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 247 students:
≈ 103 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,840 per student in district revenue, the 103 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,322,520/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic City Acceptance Academy Birmingham |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 213 | +99.1% |
| Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School Bessemer |
Public · charter | 11.3 | 161 | +103.8% |
| Adolescent Day Treatment Birmingham |
Public | 2.4 | — | — |
| Homebound High School Birmingham |
Public | 2.4 | — | — |
| Fairfield Area Vocational School Fairfield |
Public | 6.6 | — | — |
| Midfield High School Midfield |
Public | 7.5 | 327 | -2.7% |
| Midfield Area Vocational Department Midfield |
Public | 7.5 | — | — |
| Jefferson County Counseling Learning CenterEast Birmingham |
Public | 8.3 | — | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantJefferson County Virtual School is a public high school in Birmingham, AL, enrolling 247 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 54% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
15 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 20% of U.S. high schools.
It has about 247 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Jefferson County Virtual School offer? Jefferson County Virtual School offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 54% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
How many students attend Jefferson County Virtual School? Jefferson County Virtual School is a public high school in Birmingham, AL, enrolling 247 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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