School district · Alabama
Birmingham City
Birmingham City in Alabama: 49 public schools with 20,954 students and 19.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,944 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 49
- Students
- 20,954
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- AL 17.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,944
- AL $13.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,089
- Counselors (FTE)
- 51.5
- Students per counselor
- 407
- AL 400 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 41.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%39%proficient
+5.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of school districts in Alabama
Median 59% · 151 school districts compared
9,091 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%17%proficient
+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of school districts in Alabama
Median 32% · 151 school districts compared
9,135 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 28% · $133.2M
- State
- 37% · $175.9M
- Local
- 34% · $161M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,681
- Support services
- $8,256
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $43.8M
- Long-term debt
- $2.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avondale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 339 | 17.8 | 56% | 29% |
Barrett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 16.7 | 34% | 8.6% |
Central Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 386 | 16.8 | 51% | 22% |
Charles A Brown Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 296 | 16.4 | 51% | 13% |
Christian SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 574 | 17.9 | 82% | 45% |
EPIC Alternative Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 232 | 12.9 | 82% | 55% |
Engle Day TreatmentSpecial education | 1–7 | — | — | — | — |
Glen Iris Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 827 | 21.8 | 42% | 17% |
Hayes K8Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 693 | 16.5 | 21% | 4.2% |
Hemphill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 353 | 17.7 | 33% | 21% |
Homebound Elementary SchoolSpecial education | Pre-K–6 | — | — | — | — |
Hudson KEight SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 580 | 19.3 | 26% | 2.9% |
Huffman AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 779 | 22.3 | 37% | 13% |
Inglenook SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 312 | 22.3 | 30% | 9.1% |
Martha Gaskins K5Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 537 | 26.9 | 41% | 15% |
Minor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 441 | 18.4 | 41% | 11% |
Norwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 261 | 18.6 | 39% | 48% |
Oliver K5 SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 343 | 20.8 | 51% | 14% |
Oxmoor K5Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 512 | 20.5 | 43% | 28% |
Phillips AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 609 | 18.5 | 79% | 60% |
Princeton SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 195 | 13.0 | 89% | 72% |
Richard Arrington ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 341 | 18.9 | 30% | 11% |
Robinson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 354 | 20.8 | 44% | 16% |
South Hampton K8Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 511 | 19.7 | 50% | 27% |
Sun Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 678 | 20.5 | 47% | 17% |
Tuggle Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 423 | 23.5 | 37% | 25% |
Washington K8Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 617 | 20.6 | 40% | 22% |
West End AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 492 | 17.6 | 32% | 12% |
Wylam Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 399 | 17.3 | 42% | 18% |
Bush Hills STEAM AcademyFree meals for all | 6–8 | 370 | 20.6 | 29% | 2.5% |
City ElementaryAlternative | 7–8 | — | — | — | — |
Green Acres Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 309 | 22.1 | 38% | 7.8% |
Huffman Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 384 | 24.0 | 25% | 2.5% |
Jones Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 465 | 21.6 | 25% | 3.0% |
Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 330 | 22.0 | 27% | 1.6% |
Smith Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 336 | 21.0 | 24% | 1.8% |
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnetFree meals for all | 6–8 | 184 | 10.8 | 24% | 4.6% |
Wilkerson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 424 | 35.3 | 20% | 1.7% |
Dupuy Alternative SchoolAlternative | 9–12 | — | — | — | — |
George Washington Carver High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 570 | 14.6 | — | — |
Homebound High SchoolSpecial education | 7–12 | — | — | — | — |
Huffman High SchoolMagnetFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,094 | 18.5 | — | — |
JacksonOlin High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 713 | 17.4 | — | — |
Parker High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 942 | 21.9 | — | — |
Ramsay High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 762 | 16.6 | — | — |
Wenonah High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 670 | 17.2 | — | — |
Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetFree meals for all | 9–12 | 750 | 23.4 | — | — |
Adolescent Day TreatmentSpecial education | K–12 | — | — | — | — |
BCS Virtual Academy of LearningFully virtual | 3–12 | 184 | 23.0 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2015 Park Place North, Birmingham, AL 35203
- Phone
- (205)231-4220
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.