Jemison High School (Huntsville, Alabama)

Jemison High School
Address
Map
5000 Pulaski Pike

35810

United States
Coordinates34°47′13″N 86°36′58″W / 34.787°N 86.616°W / 34.787; -86.616
Information
TypePublic
School districtHuntsville City Schools
CEEB code011550
PrincipalDemetris Harris-Leverette
Staff32.20 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Number of students686 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.30[1]
Color(s)Blue and gold
Team nameJaguars
Websitewww.huntsvillecityschools.org/schools/jemison-high-school

Jemison High School is a new public high school in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. It is named for Mae Jemison, a native of nearby Decatur, Alabama who was the first African-American female astronaut.[2]

The school is built on the same campus as McNair Junior High School, which is named for the late Ronald McNair, the second African-American astronaut in space, who was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

The school contains a magnet program called the College Academy which works alongside The University of Alabama in Huntsville to provide students with college credit throughout high school.

The mascot of Jemison High School is the Jaguars.

The school replaces J.O. Johnson High School, which closed its doors at the end of the 2015–16 school year.

Jemison Highschool is a 6A school.

  1. ^ a b c "Jemison High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Bonvillian, Crystal (January 27, 2015). "Jemison High School, McNair Junior High construction soon to be underway". al.com/The Huntsville Times.