Elementary · Alabama

Cherokee Bend Elementary School

Cherokee Bend Elementary School, a public elementary school in Mountain Brook, Alabama: grades pre-k–6, 562 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mountain Brook 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
562
Teachers (FTE)
46.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 69% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 468 · 702 schools compared

Larger than 76% 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%

95%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared

336 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alabama: 35%

86%proficient

+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared

336 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mountain Brook City.

Location

Address
4400 Fair Oaks Dr, Mountain Brook, AL 35213
Phone
(205)871-3595
City or town
Mountain Brook

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Irondale Community SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–543516.849%20%
Pre-K–657911.692%83%
Oliver K5 SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534320.851%14%
Pre-K–674312.297%90%
Avondale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–533917.856%29%
i3 Academy Phase 1CharterFree meals for all
K–541116.446%21%

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

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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