Fultondale High School is a combined middle school and high school located in Fultondale, Alabama. It is one of fourteen schools within the Jefferson County School System. The school opened after the previous Fultondale High School, established in 1965, was destroyed after damage from a tornado in 2021. The new building opened on August 14, 2023.
| Fultondale High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
2023 Wildcat Parkway 35127 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2023 |
| School district | Jefferson County Board of Education |
| CEEB code | 012385 |
| Teaching staff | 32.50 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 635 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.54[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Orange, Blue, and White[2] |
| Athletics | AHSAA Class 4A |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Feeder schools | Fultondale Elementary School |
History
editPlans to build a new school in Fultondale began in 2018, when the Jefferson County Board of Education announced in March the existence of the project, alongside plans to renovate other area schools. The high school was estimated to come at a cost of $38.5 million ($46.71 million adjusted).[3] In 2019, the project and a tax to finance it had been approved, and improvements to the district began in August 2019.[4]
An EF3 tornado struck the old Fultondale High School on January 25, 2021. Significant damage to the school occurred, described as looking "like a bomb went off", and one of the school's students had died while sheltering in their home's basement.[5] Following the tornado, it was announced the school would resume operation via remote learning until that March, when students would return to on-campus learning at Warrior Elementary School in Warrior, Alabama.[6]
The school was set to open by August 8, 2023, the first day of the 2023–2024 school year, but was delayed.[7] The school officially opened with its first day of on-campus learning on August 14, 2023.[8]
Student profile
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External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Fultondale High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Pollock, Taylor (13 August 2023). "Fultondale High School holds open house in new building". WBRC. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
Just know when you see that orange, blue and white, that's not Auburn, it's Fultondale, and we're here.
- ^ "Jefferson County BOE plans to build new $38 million Fultondale High School". WVTM-TV and the Associated Press. 26 March 2018.
- ^ Carter, Robert (13 August 2019). "The Big Build: Jefferson County School System to Undertake Its Biggest Building Project Ever". BirminghamWatch.
- ^ "Fultondale tornado kills 14-year-old boy; 30 more people injured: 'Like a bomb went off'". al.com. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Superintendent: Students will not return to damaged Fultondale HS; new school to open in 2023". WBRC. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Scarborough, Chip (5 August 2023). "JEFCOED announces delayed opening of new Fultondale High School". WVTM-TV. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Root, Allie (14 August 2023). "New Fultondale High School opens its doors to students". WIAT. Retrieved 9 November 2024.