District Profile

  • Mountain Brook Schools is the K-12 public school system serving the city of Mountain Brook, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. Founded in 1959, the system includes six schools — four elementary, one junior high, and one high school. Enrollment is usually around 4,400 students and has been stable for a number of years. Typical school enrollment is as follows:

    School
     
    Grades
     
    Students
     
    Certified Personnel
     
    Support Personnel
     
    Brookwood Forest Elementary K-6 518 44 20
    Cherokee Bend Elementary K-6 508 46 21
    Crestline Elementary K-6 784 72 28
    Mountain Brook Elementary K-6 484 46 24
    Mountain Brook Junior High 7-9 998 89 29
    Mountain Brook High School 10-12  1041 104 39
                              

    The school system has 600 employees, including 413 certified teachers or other professionals. The other 187 employees are support staff in such positions as secretarial-clerical, bookkeeping, maintenance, custodial, and child nutrition workers, along with teacher aides. 

    The six schools have 15 administrators (six principals and nine assistant principals) among them. In addition, a staff of 11 administrators support the school system at the central office level. These positions include: Superintendent of Schools, Director of Instruction and Special Education, Assistant Director of Instruction, Director of Personnel, Chief School Financial Officer, Director of Facilities, Director of Technology, Director of Child Nutrition, Director of Administrative Services, Director of Student Services and Community Education, and Public Relations Specialist. In addition, the district has a psychometrist, school psychologist, behavioral specialist, and several contracted special service providers, such as physical and occupational therapists.