Elementary · Alabama

Minor Community School

Free meals for all

Minor Community School, a public elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama: grades pre-k–5, 384 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson County.

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
384
Teachers (FTE)
23.7
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 67% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 468 · 702 schools compared

Smaller than 56% 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%

43%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Alabama: 35%

19%proficient

−2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared

175 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
3006 Cora Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35224
Phone
(205)379-4800
City or town
Minor

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
UW Clemon Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–559016.943%13%
South Hampton K8Free meals for all
Pre-K–851119.750%27%
Wylam Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–539917.342%18%
Legacy PrepCharterFree meals for all
K–631718.140%10%
K–528819.946%19%
Minor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–544118.441%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

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.

NCES 010192000727