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The fastest-growing public schools in Jefferson County, Alabama

58 public schools in Jefferson County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. McCalla Elementary School leads the list at 202%, against a median of 6.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jefferson County, Alabama

Top Enrollment growth

202%

Median Enrollment growth

6.9%

FASTEST GROWING · JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	McCalla Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Jefferson County	249	752	202%
2	Warrior Elementary School	Warrior, AL	Jefferson County	305	612	101%
3	Hueytown Primary School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	318	601	89.0%
4	Snow Rogers Elementary School	Gardendale, AL	Jefferson County	208	389	87.0%
5	UW Clemon Elementary School	Adamsville, AL	Jefferson County	367	590	60.8%
6	Trace Crossings Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	480	769	60.2%
7	Concord Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Jefferson County	283	400	41.3%
8	Fultondale High School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	601	848	41.1%
9	Leeds Elementary School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	481	678	41.0%
10	Parker High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	696	942	35.3%
11	Wilkerson Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	314	424	35.0%
12	Paine Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	1,056	1,338	26.7%
13	Leeds High School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	493	624	26.6%
14	Tarrant High School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	472	597	26.5%
15	Jones Valley Middle School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	373	465	24.7%
16	Cherokee Bend Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	457	562	23.0%
17	Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	282	345	22.3%
18	McAdory High School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	1,058	1,259	19.0%
19	Mortimer Jordan High School	Kimberly, AL	Jefferson County	751	886	18.0%
20	Edgewood Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	794	935	17.8%
21	Greenwood Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	255	290	13.7%
22	Glen Iris Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	737	827	12.2%
23	Oak Grove Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Jefferson County	523	576	10.1%
24	Bagley Elementary School	Dora, AL	Jefferson County	502	550	9.6%
25	Washington K8	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	564	617	9.4%
26	Mountain Brook Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	504	551	9.3%
27	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	1,226	1,333	8.7%
28	Grantswood Community School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	368	394	7.1%
29	Sun Valley Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	634	678	6.9%
30	Tarrant Intermediate School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	378	404	6.9%
31	ClayChalkville High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	1,292	1,377	6.6%
32	Hueytown High School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	1,127	1,200	6.5%
33	North Jefferson Middle School	Kimberly, AL	Jefferson County	629	669	6.4%
34	Brookwood Forest Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	546	579	6.0%
35	HewittTrussville High School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	1,489	1,571	5.5%
36	Pleasant Grove High School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	715	752	5.2%
37	Green Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	478	501	4.8%
38	Irondale Community School	Irondale, AL	Jefferson County	417	435	4.3%
39	Homewood Middle School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	960	1,000	4.2%
40	Ira F Simmons Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	828	860	3.9%
41	HewittTrussville Middle School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	1,122	1,163	3.7%
42	Cahaba Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	523	542	3.6%
43	Clay Elementary School	Clay, AL	Jefferson County	585	606	3.6%
44	Liberty Park Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	496	514	3.6%
45	Martha Gaskins K5	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	519	537	3.5%
46	Hall Kent Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	694	717	3.3%
47	Shades Mountain Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	318	328	3.1%
48	Pinson Valley High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	995	1,025	3.0%
49	Rocky Ridge Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	565	577	2.1%
50	Charles F Hard Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	357	364	2.0%

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