Home > Alabama > Jefferson

Alabama School Of Fine Arts

Overview
School Comparison
District Comparison
School Notes
Nearby Schools
School Reviews

1800 8th Ave N

Birmingham, AL 35203

View full size

Get directions

Tel: (205)252-9241

www.asfa.k12.al.us

SAVE SCHOOL

Minority enrollment is 100% of the student body (majority American Indian and Asian), which is more than the state average of 44%.
Alabama School Of Fine Arts operates within the Alabama Of Fine Arts School District.

School Overview

School Type	Alternative school
Grades Offered	Grades 7-12
Total Students	n/a

Total Classroom Teachers	n/a

School Comparison

The school's diversity score of 0.00 is less than the state average of 0.32. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(AL) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	n/a	18:1

Asian	n/a	1%

Hispanic	n/a	6%

Black	n/a	33%

White	n/a	56%

Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	n/a	0.32

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	47%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	5%

District Comparison

School District Name	Alabama Of Fine Arts School District
Number of Schools Managed	1	6
Number of Students Managed	n/a	2,879

Graduation Rate	n/a	74%
School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, AL Dept. of Education

School Notes

The Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) is a public, partially residential high school located in Birmingham, Alabama. The mission of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a community of explorers, is to nurture impassioned students by guiding and inspiring them to discover and fulfill their individual creative abilities in an atmosphere distinguished by the fusion of fact and feeling, risk and reward, art and science, school and community.
Overview: ASFA admits students into one of six specialty programs:
creative writing, music, dance, theater, visual arts, or mathematics and sciences. The five arts departments are among the most prestigious in the nation. The mathematics and sciences program, housed in the school's Russell Mathematics and Science Center, is among the best of its kind and is a member of NCSSSMST. ASFA boasts one of the strongest academic core programs in Alabama, with 100% of ASFA students passing the Alabama graduation exam.
The school began in 1968 with grants by Governor Lurleen Wallace to Birmingham, AL arts organizations for after-school instructional activities. After receiving legislative approval in 1971, the school grew quickly into a comprehensive arts institution. In 1976, the school created a private, non-profit support organization, the ASFA Foundation, to enlist private sector assistance to address school needs. The schoolâ€™s Board of Trustees appoints members to the Foundationâ€™s Board of Directors, which approves foundation policy and employs an Executive Director, who directs foundation operations. In 1991, the school added its sixth and final specialty program, the mathematics and science department. In 1993, ASFA moved into its new instructional and performance complex in the heart of the Birmingham cultural district.
Because ASFA is a public school funded by the Alabama legislature, students who are residents of Alabama pay no tuition. Enrollment is not limited to Alabama residents, but out of state students must pay tuition. Scholarships are available to help defray the cost of room and board for students who demonstrate financial need.
Admission into ASFA is highly competitive. Prospective students must first submit an application for admission with test scores, transcripts, essays, and three letters of recommendation. Select students are then invited to audition for their chosen department. For the arts departments, audition is through performance, portfolios, and interview. For the mathematics and science department, audition is through interview and two rounds of testing.