Jefferson County Schools

The Jefferson County School System provides public schools for students in Jefferson County except for municipalities that have formed their own school systems. The system is governed by the Jefferson County Board of Education, with its main office in the former State Farm Mutual building at 2100 18th Street South in Birmingham. Craig Pouncey is the superintendent of schools.

Over the years, numerous local school systems have broken away from Jefferson County. Currently the county system is made up of 52 schools and employs over 2,500 teachers to educate nearly 36,000 students.

In 2017 the system announced a $200 million capital program to construct seven new schools and additions to nine others. In 2021 the system was awarded $123,669,041 ($3,564/student) in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Schools

High Schools

• Center Point High School, Center Point
• Clay-Chalkville High School, Pinson
• Corner High School, Dora
• Fultondale High School, Fultondale
• Gardendale High School, Gardendale
• Hueytown High School, Hueytown
• Jefferson County Academy of Theater and Dance
• Jefferson County School of Visual Art
• McAdory High School, McCalla
• Minor High School, Adamsville
• Mortimer Jordan High School, Kimberly
• Oak Grove High School, Bessemer
• Pinson Valley High School, Pinson
• Pleasant Grove High School, Pleasant Grove
• Shades Valley High School / Jefferson County International Baccalaureate, Irondale

Middle Schools

• Bragg Middle School, Gardendale
• Clay-Chalkville Middle School, Trussville
• Corner Middle School, Warrior
• Erwin Middle School, Center Point
• Hueytown Middle School, Hueytown (rebuilt 2020)
• Irondale Middle School, Irondale
• McAdory Middle School, McCalla
• Minor Middle School, Adamsville
• North Jefferson Middle School, Kimberly
• Rudd Middle School, Pinson

Elementary Schools

• Adamsville Elementary School, Adamsville
• Bagley Elementary School, Dora
• Brighton School, Bessemer
• Brookville Elementary School, Graysville
• Bryan Elementary School, Morris
• Bryant Park Elementary School, Clay (opened 2020)
• Center Point Elementary School, Center Point
• Chalkville Elementary School, Center Point
• Clay Elementary School, Clay
• U. W. Clemon Elementary School, Adamsville (opened 2020)
• Concord Elementary School, Bessemer
• Erwin Intermediate School, Center Point
• Fultondale Elementary School, Fultondale
• Gardendale Elementary School, Gardendale
• Grantswood Community School, Irondale
• Hueytown Intermediate School, Hueytown (opened 2021)
• Hueytown Primary School, Hueytown (opened 2021)
• Irondale Community School, Irondale
• Johnson Elementary School, Pinson
• Lipscomb Elementary School, Lipscomb
• McAdory Elementary School, McCalla
• Minor Community School, Minor
• Mount Olive Elementary School, Mount Olive
• Oak Grove Elementary School, Bessemer
• Pinson Elementary School, Pinson
• Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Pleasant Grove
• Snow Rogers Elementary School, Gardendale (rebuilt 2020)
• Warrior Elementary School, Warrior (rebuilt 2021)
• West Jefferson Elementary School, Quinton

Other Facilities

• Burkett Center for Multi-Handicapped, Morris
• Jefferson County Counseling Learning Center, Tarrant
• Jefferson County Schools Service Center
• Jefferson County Counseling Learning Center East
• Dabbs Area Vocational Center / Shades Valley Technical Academies, Irondale

Superintendents

• John Rockett, 1874-1885
• E. B. Erwin, 1920s-1930s
• John Bryan, 1937-1948
• Kermit Johnson, 1959-1968
• Revis Hall, 1968-1981
• John Hunt, 1981-1984
• Herb Sang, 1989-1991
• Bruce Wright, 1992–2000
• Bobby Neighbors, 2000–2003
  • Roger Tomberlin (interim), 2003
• Phil Hammonds, 2004–2013
• Stephen Nowlin, 2013–2014
  • Bobby Neighbors (interim), 2014
• Craig Pouncey, 2014–2019
  • Walter Gonsoulin (interim), 2019-
• Walter Gonsoulin, November 2019-

References

• Frankenberg, Erica (November 17, 2009) "Splintering School Districts: Understanding the Link between Segregation and Fragmentation." Law & Social Inquiry. Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 869-909
• Edgemon, Erin (September 14, 2017) "7 new Jefferson County schools, 9 major renovations included in $200 million project." The Birmingham News
• Crain, Trisha Powell (October 25, 2021) "Alabama schools got $3 billion in federal COVID relief money. Where did it go?." The Birmingham News

External links

• Jefferson County Board of Education website