Altamont School
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4801 Altamont Road Birmingham, Alabama 35222 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°30′50″N 86°45′28″W / 33.51398°N 86.75783°WCoordinates: 33°30′50″N 86°45′28″W / 33.51398°N 86.75783°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Truth, Knowledge, Honor |
| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Sarah Whiteside |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Grades | 5–12 |
| Enrollment | 365 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Color(s) | Gold, White, and Black |
| Athletics | Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball, Baseball, Fast Pitch Softball, Golf, Lacrosse, and Swimming |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Website | School website |
The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama atop Red Mountain, is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of grades 5–12. The Altamont School enrolls approximately 365 students. Most of the students live in Birmingham and the surrounding communities.
Altamont was established in 1975 as a merger between the Brooke Hill School, a college preparatory school for girls founded in 1940, and the Birmingham University School, a boys' school founded in 1922 by Basil M. Parks.
Following the merger Edna Earle Mullins of Brooke Hill became headmistress of the new school and Bill Haver of B.U.S. became assistant headmaster. One year later, Edna Mullins retired and Bill Haver became headmaster. Prominent roles were also played by Margaret Gage of Brooke Hill and Martin Hames of B.U.S.
In November 2007, long time Altamont teacher Sarah Whiteside took over as headmistress.
Altamont's main campus is located on 28 acres (110,000 m2) on the crest of Red Mountain just south of downtown Birmingham. The main school building houses 40 classrooms, two science wings, a fine arts center, a student center, an art gallery and sculpture garden, a computer lab, a 20,000-volume library, and special studios for chorus, art, photography, and orchestra. An audio-visual recording studio was recently added to the fine arts suite. The athletic facilities include two gymnasiums with two basketball courts, three volleyball courts and a weight room. The main campus offers six tennis courts, a soccer field and a track. A second campus provides another gymnasium as well as soccer, baseball, and softball fields.
Approximately 80% of Altamont graduates matriculate to out-of-state colleges and universities. A total of 14% of the students in the Class of 2008 were named National Merit semifinalists, the highest percentage of a school in the state. The faculty consists of 54 teachers, of whom nearly three quarters hold master's degrees or higher. Altamont is governed by a Board of Trustees. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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