Trussville City Schools
| Trussville City Schools | |
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Trussville, Alabama Alabama United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 2005 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Patricia Neill |
| Schools | 5 |
| Budget | $48.7 million |
| District ID | 0100013 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4,269 |
| Teachers | 303 |
| Staff | 220 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.trussvillecityschools.com/ |
Trussville City Schools (TCS) is the public city school system for Trussville, Alabama, a suburb east of Birmingham. The Trussville City Schools school district serves 4,269 students and is ranked among the top 10 districts in the state of Alabama by both Niche and School Digger. The mascot is the Husky, and team colors are red and gray.
Trussville schools were part of the Jefferson County School System until 2005. In 2000, a financial crisis forced the county to reduce funding for teachers, and when the city of Trussville was not allowed to offset these reductions with its own funds, it began to explore the possibility of creating a separate system. In 2004, the city council passed a resolution that created the Trussville Board of Education, and in 2005, Trussville City Schools officially separated from the Jefferson County School System.
Suzanne Freeman was the district's first superintendent, serving from the district's inception until 2012. She was succeeded by Dr. Patricia Neill, who is still in that role.
Trussville City Schools serve all students living within Trussville city limits. The student population is 86% white, 10% African-American, 2% Asian-American, 1% Hispanic, and 1% multiracial. Approximately 10% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch. Less than 1% are English Language Learners (ELL), and about 8% have Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
Trussville City Schools have a dropout rate that is less than one half of one percent. Approximately 93% of Trussville students meet or exceed state proficiency standards in mathematics, and about 95% meet or exceed standards in reading.
The Trussville City School District includes five schools: a high school, middle school, and three elementary schools.
Hewitt-Trussville High School (HTHS) is the only high school in the district and serves all students in grades 9-12. It enrolled 1,396 students in the 2013-14 school year, and with 94 faculty, had a student-teacher ratio of approximately 15:1. HTHS athletic teams compete in AHSAA Class 7A athletics.
Completed in 2008, the HTHS campus is located on a 127-acre site on Husky Parkway between Trussville Clay Road and Deerfoot Parkway, across I-59 from Hewitt-Trussville Middle School. The school is able to accommodate about 1,600 students, with room to grow to 2,400 students in the future. The school was designed by Davis Architects and encompasses 285,000-square feet. Its design includes white columns and a clock tower, and at a final cost of $70 million, the school was the most expensive high school ever built in Alabama upon its opening in October 2008.
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