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Mountain Brook, Alabama - 6 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Mountain Brook City #63 of 146 districts in Alabama (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,756 per pupil, Mountain Brook City ranks #7 of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending (Alabama districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,409
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,756
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mountain Brook City operates 6 public schools serving 4,409 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Alabama. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,756 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 146 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alabama compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 64.4% local, 32.5% state, and 3.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #63 of 146 in Alabama against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 440.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 4.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mountain Brook High School, with a diversity index of 14.7/100.
Mountain Brook Junior High School accounts for 22.7% of all Mountain Brook City student enrollment
That concentration means Mountain Brook City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Mountain Brook City student-counselor ratio is 441:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mountain Brook City chronic absenteeism rate is 4.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Mountain Brook City has 6 schools, including 5 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 4,409 students.
How much does Mountain Brook City spend per student?
Mountain Brook City spends $16,756 per student. The district has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #63 in Alabama.
What is the demographic composition of Mountain Brook City?
Mountain Brook City students are 94.0% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mountain Brook City?
Mountain Brook City has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #63 out of 146 districts in Alabama.