The Altamont School
Address
Map
4801 Altamont Road

Birmingham, Alabama
35222

United States
Coordinates33°30′50″N 86°45′28″W / 33.51398°N 86.75783°W / 33.51398; -86.75783
Information
TypePrivate
MottoTruth, Knowledge, Honor
Established1975 (49 years ago) (1975)
CEEB code010335
Head of schoolCecil F. Stodghill, Jr.
Teaching staff40.8 FTE (2021–22)[1]
Grades5–12[1]
Enrollment362 (2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.9 (2021–22)[1]
Color(s)
  • Gold, white, and black
  •    
AthleticsBasketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball, Baseball, Golf, Robotics
MascotKnight
YearbookAltimissimus
Websitealtamontschool.org

The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama atop Red Mountain, is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of grades 5–12.[1] Most of the students live in Birmingham and the surrounding communities.

History

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.[2]

Cecil F. Stodghill, Jr. was named Head of School in 2022.

Campus

Altamont's main campus is located on 28 acres (11 ha) on the crest of Red Mountain just south of downtown Birmingham. The main school building houses forty 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.

Students, faculty, and administration

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 semi-finalists, 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.

Athletics

As of 2005 the girls track and cross country teams had won the state title for 14 years straight.[3] Altamont boys track won the outdoor title in 2006 and the indoor in 2004 and 2005.[4] The girls soccer team have won State Titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007. The boys team won in 2003, 2008, and 2012.[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for The Altamont School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Alabama Association of Independent Schools (AAIS): The Altamont School". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  3. ^ "Altam,ont School: Athletics". Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ a b "Altamont School: Athletic Records". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ^ "The Altamont School: Cabaniss-Kaul Center for the Arts". Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  6. ^ "The Altamont School: Altamont Alumna & Playwright Rebecca Gilman '82 Wins Prestigious Steinberg Award". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  7. ^ "Kate Jackson". TMZ. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  8. ^ a b "A town divided, a team united". 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  9. ^ "About Altamont". Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  10. ^ "Margaret Tutwiler". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  11. ^ "Birmingham native and 'Big Fish' author Daniel Wallace returns with new novel". 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  12. ^ "'Aware' Mountain Brook group to host suicide prevention talk this week". 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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