| Fultondale High School | |
| District: | Jefferson County Board of Education |
| Type: | Public |
| Grades: | 7-12 |
| City: | Fultondale, Alabama |
| Zipcode: | 35127 |
| Country: | United States |
| Ceeb: | 012385 |
| Ratio: | 19.54 |
| Teaching Staff: | 32.50 (FTE) |
| Enrollment: | 635 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Nickname: | Wildcats |
| Colors: | Orange, Blue, and White[2] |
| Streetaddress: | 2023 Wildcat Parkway |
| Athletics: | AHSAA Class 4A |
| Feeder Schools: | Fultondale Elementary School |
Fultondale High School is a combined middle school and high school located in Fultondale, Alabama. It is one of fourteen schools within the Jefferson County School System. The school opened after the previous Fultondale High School, established in 1965, was destroyed after damage from a tornado in 2021. The new building opened on August 14, 2023.
Plans to build a new school in Fultondale began in 2018, when the Jefferson County Board of Education announced in March the existence of the project, alongside plans to renovate other area schools. The high school was estimated to come at a cost of $38.5 million ($ million adjusted).[3] In 2019, the project and a tax to finance it had been approved, and improvements to the district began in August 2019.[4]
An EF3 tornado struck the old Fultondale High School on January 25, 2021. Significant damage to the school occurred, described as looking "like a bomb went off", and one of the school's students had died while sheltering in their home's basement.[5] Following the tornado, it was announced the school would resume operation via remote learning until that March, when students would return to on-campus learning at Warrior Elementary School in Warrior, Alabama.[6]
The school was set to open by August 8, 2023, the first day of the 2023–2024 school year, but was delayed.[7] The school officially opened with its first day of on-campus learning on August 14, 2023.[8]