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The public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Jefferson County, Alabama

155 public schools in Jefferson County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Mountain Brook High School leads the list at 10.1:1, against a median of 17.4:1 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

155

Jefferson County, Alabama

Best Students/teacher

10.1:1

Median Students/teacher

17.4:1

LOWEST RATIO · JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Mountain Brook High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	High	985	10.1:1
2	Brookwood Forest Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	579	11.6:1
3	Mountain Brook Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	551	11.7:1
4	Homewood High School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	High	1,333	12.0:1
5	Shades Mountain Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	328	12.1:1
6	Mountain Brook Junior High School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Middle	1,005	12.2:1
7	Crestline Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	743	12.2:1
8	Cherokee Bend Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	562	12.2:1
9	Liberty Park Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	514	12.4:1
10	Gwin Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	508	12.5:1
11	Shades Cahaba Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	507	12.7:1
12	Green Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	501	12.8:1
13	Hall Kent Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	717	12.8:1
14	EPIC Alternative Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	232	12.9:1
15	Magnolia Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	391	13.5:1
16	Deer Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	735	13.7:1
17	Ira F Simmons Middle School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Middle	860	13.9:1
18	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	High	1,625	13.9:1
19	Edgewood Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	935	14.0:1
20	Rocky Ridge Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	577	14.1:1
21	Cahaba Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	542	14.4:1
22	Trace Crossings Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	769	14.4:1
23	Homewood Middle School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Middle	1,000	14.5:1
24	George Washington Carver High School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	High	570	14.6:1
25	Bluff Park Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	658	14.8:1
26	Brocks Gap Intermediate School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	521	14.9:1
27	Center Point High School	Center Point, AL	Jefferson County	High	685	14.9:1
28	South Shades Crest Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	534	15.0:1
29	Pizitz Middle School	Vestavia, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Middle	1,131	15.1:1
30	Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	546	15.2:1
31	Hueytown Primary School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	601	15.2:1
32	Grantswood Community School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	394	15.3:1
33	Paine Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	1,338	15.6:1
34	Magic City Acceptance Academy	Birmingham, AL	Magic City Acceptance Academy	High	345	15.7:1
35	Vestavia Hills Elementary West	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	691	15.7:1
36	Pleasant Grove High School	Pleasant Grove, AL	Jefferson County	High	752	15.7:1
37	Hoover High School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	High	2,919	15.8:1
38	HewittTrussville High School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	High	1,571	15.8:1
39	Irondale Middle School	Irondale, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	430	15.9:1
40	Snow Rogers Elementary School	Gardendale, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	389	15.9:1
41	Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	657	16.0:1
42	Hueytown Middle School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	755	16.1:1
43	Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	451	16.1:1
44	ClayChalkville Middle School	Trussville, AL	Jefferson County	Middle	952	16.1:1
45	Tarrant High School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	High	597	16.1:1
46	Leeds Primary School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	Elementary	517	16.2:1
47	Minor Community School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	384	16.2:1
48	Pinson Valley High School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	High	1,025	16.4:1
49	i3 Academy Phase 1	Birmingham, AL	i3 Academy	Elementary	411	16.4:1
50	Charles A Brown Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	296	16.4:1

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