Paul W Bryant High High School
6315 Mary Harmon Bryant Dr
Cottondale AL, 35453, Tuscaloosa County
Phone: 205-759-3538
Ranking: 
(313 out of 359, bottom 13%)*
(313 out of 359, bottom 13%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Tuscaloosa City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 53 | 55 | 57 | 52 | 47 | 55 | 59 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 863 | 838 | 871 | 944 | 921 | 910 | 1,037 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 253 | 29.3% | 220 | 26.3% | 238 | 27.3% | 254 | 26.9% | 265 | 28.8% | 284 | 31.2% | 333 | 32.1% |
| Grade 10: | 218 | 25.3% | 230 | 27.4% | 213 | 24.5% | 245 | 26.0% | 243 | 26.4% | 234 | 25.7% | 244 | 23.5% |
| Grade 11: | 214 | 24.8% | 183 | 21.8% | 224 | 25.7% | 228 | 24.2% | 233 | 25.3% | 196 | 21.5% | 231 | 22.3% |
| Grade 12: | 178 | 20.6% | 205 | 24.5% | 196 | 22.5% | 217 | 23.0% | 180 | 19.5% | 196 | 21.5% | 229 | 22.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 432 | 50.1% | 446 | 53.2% | 452 | 51.9% | 475 | 50.3% | 446 | 48.4% | 446 | 49.0% | 497 | 47.9% |
| Female: | 431 | 49.9% | 392 | 46.8% | 419 | 48.1% | 469 | 49.7% | 466 | 50.6% | 456 | 50.1% | 536 | 51.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.5% | 10 | 1.1% | 12 | 1.3% | 15 | 1.6% | 9 | 1.0% | 7 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 26 | 3.0% | 28 | 3.3% | 28 | 3.2% | 36 | 3.8% | 40 | 4.3% | 28 | 3.1% | 29 | 2.8% |
| Black: | 718 | 83.2% | 675 | 80.5% | 693 | 79.6% | 712 | 75.4% | 681 | 73.9% | 665 | 73.1% | 757 | 73.0% |
| White: | 115 | 13.3% | 130 | 15.5% | 139 | 16.0% | 181 | 19.2% | 184 | 20.0% | 207 | 22.7% | 243 | 23.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 460 | 53.3% | 460 | 54.9% | 460 | 52.8% | 495 | 52.4% | 408 | 44.3% | 413 | 45.4% | 406 | 39.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 64 | 7.4% | 74 | 8.8% | 63 | 7.2% | 58 | 6.1% | 50 | 5.4% | 85 | 9.3% | 61 | 5.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.34 | 15.28 | 15.36 | 18.23 | 19.58 | 16.40 | 17.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 39.9% | 42.4% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 44.5% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 37% | 39.6% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.81% | 33.18% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 35.32% | 34.71% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 61.3% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 65.2% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 61% | 60.7% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 56.51% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.75% | 70.98% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 54.5% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 58.2% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 54.4% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 47.58% | 47.45% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 54.04% | 55.38% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 54.9% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 55.7% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 52.7% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.02% | 51.66% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 45.11% | 50% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.48% | 63.88% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.77% | 78.53% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.05% | 88.01% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 90.18% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.84% | 87.3% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 78.5% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 74.1% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.79% | 74.96% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.77% | 69.16% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.84% | 72.46% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.23% | 63.32% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 65.51% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 50% | 52.14% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76% | 74.5% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 77% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 81.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.53% | 77.57% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.51% | 75.75% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 72.59% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.11% | 66.18% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.63% | 74.85% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.22% | 64.76% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 82.9% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 84.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 76.4% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.38% | 75.58% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.44% | 76.76% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.25% | 69.5% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.22% | 71.18% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 75% | 75.72% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.14% | 65.29% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 73.9% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 74.4% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 73.1% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 75% | 73.12% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.24% | 71.73% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 61.21% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 69.9% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 69% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 62% | 63.8% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.94% | 61.29% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.89% | 60.51% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.21% | 64.87% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 57.02% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.87% | 63.75% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 53% | 53.09% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.42% | 88.63% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.66% | 94.94% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.36% | 95.74% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 89.4% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 92.2% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.36% | 81.91% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.56% | 90.54% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.19% | 93.39% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.29% | 89.12% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 81.78% | 83.9% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 83.08% | 80.85% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 90.6% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 93.6% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 96.5% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.36% | 84.75% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.21% | 93.23% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.81% | 95.55% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.06% | 93.37% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.72% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.18% | 89.05% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 91.6% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 92.7% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 95.1% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 83.51% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.89% | 93.04% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.63% | 90.44% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.06% | 91.65% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.44% | 88.49% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.15% | 87.72% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 87.1% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 90.4% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 93.6% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.95% | 81.74% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.46% | 89.61% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.48% | 90.08% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90% | 86% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.5% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 88.8% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 80.5% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.84% | 87.68% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.43% | 89.77% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.29% | 81.29% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 82.67% | 81.57% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 81.54% | 83.31% | 89.74% |
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* Paul W Bryant High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.