Enrollment in grades 6-12 for the 2013-14 school year was 637 students. Approximately 48% of students were white, 31% were African-American, 19% were Hispanic, and 2% were multiracial. Roughly 62% of students qualified for free or reduced price lunch.[3]
Fultondale had a graduation rate of 73% in 2014.[4] Approximately 73% of its students met or exceeded state proficiency standards in mathematics, and 85% met or exceeded standards in reading. The average ACT score for Fultondale students was 24.[5]
History
Students in grades 10-12 formerly attended Gardendale High School. In 1965, a new school was built at the present Fultondale site and was named New Castle High School, with a vocational building being added in 1967. In the fall of 1972, students from Fultondale Elementary and the Smithfield area merged with the students at New Castle High School. The Jefferson County Board of Education then changed the school's name to Fultondale High School.
At the time of this merger, Jack Hazelrig was the principal at Fultondale Elementary. He was appointed by the board to be the first principal of Fultondale High School. The school housed grades 7-12 in its first year but was changed to an 8-12 school the next year. Fultondale High saw its first graduating class with the class of 1973.
Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, 6th graders from Fultondale Elementary began attending Fultondale High due to overcrowding at the elementary school.
On January 25, 2021, the town of Fultondale was struck by an EF3 tornado. The high school sustained significant structural damage, and athletic facilities were destroyed. The new Fultondale High School opened in August 2023.[6]
