Elementary · Alabama

Hayes K8

Free meals for all

Hayes K8, a public elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama: grades pre-k–8, 693 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Birmingham 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
693
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
16.5
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 84% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 468 · 702 schools compared

Larger than 89% 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%

21%proficient

+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared

395 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alabama: 35%

4.2%proficient

+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared

404 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

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

Location

Address
505 43rd Street North, Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone
(205)231-8900
City or town
Birmingham

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
i3 Academy Phase 1CharterFree meals for all
K–541116.446%21%
Avondale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–533917.856%29%
Norwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–526118.639%48%
Phillips AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–860918.579%60%
Inglenook SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–831222.330%9.1%
Oliver K5 SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534320.851%14%

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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