Elementary · Alabama
Charles F Hard Elementary School
Free meals for allCharles F Hard Elementary School, a public elementary school in Bessemer, Alabama: grades pre-k–5, 364 students, 19.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bessemer City.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 364
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 19.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared
More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 468 · 702 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%30%proficient
+6.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared
145 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%8.3%proficient
+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared
108 students tested, grades 3, 5 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Bessemer City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bessemer City.
Location
- Address
- 2801 Arlington Ave, Bessemer, AL 35020
- Phone
- (205)432-3300
- City or town
- Bessemer
- County
- Jefferson County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Empower Community SchoolLower SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–4 | 201 | — | — | 2.8% |
Abrams Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 231 | 16.5 | 45% | 16% |
Lipscomb Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 221 | 17.7 | 57% | 51% |
Jonesboro Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 474 | 16.9 | 40% | 18% |
Brighton SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 336 | 19.5 | 37% | 31% |
Westhills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 277 | 17.3 | 38% | 11% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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