It is located in Eight Mile and in unincorporated Mobile County, Alabama.

[3][4] It is named for administrator Mattie Thomas Blount.

As of 2022, 96 percent of the student body is African American.

[6] The school colors are purple and white and leopards are the mascot.

[8][9] The following middle schools feed into Blount High School [1]: Portions of the attendance zone: Blount's athletic teams plays in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A Region One.