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

93 public elementary schools in Jefferson County, Alabama appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Brookwood Forest Elementary School leads the list at 11.6:1, against a median of 17.3:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jefferson County, Alabama

Best Students/teacher

11.6:1

Median Students/teacher

17.3:1

LOWEST RATIO · JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Brookwood Forest Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	579	11.6:1
2	Mountain Brook Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	551	11.7:1
3	Shades Mountain Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	328	12.1:1
4	Crestline Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	743	12.2:1
5	Cherokee Bend Elementary School	Mountain Brook, AL	Mountain Brook City	Elementary	562	12.2:1
6	Gwin Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	508	12.5:1
7	Shades Cahaba Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	507	12.7:1
8	Green Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	501	12.8:1
9	Hall Kent Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	717	12.8:1
10	EPIC Alternative Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	232	12.9:1
11	Magnolia Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	391	13.5:1
12	Deer Valley Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	735	13.7:1
13	Edgewood Elementary School	Homewood, AL	Homewood City	Elementary	935	14.0:1
14	Rocky Ridge Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	577	14.1:1
15	Cahaba Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	542	14.4:1
16	Trace Crossings Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	769	14.4:1
17	Bluff Park Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	658	14.8:1
18	Brocks Gap Intermediate School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	521	14.9:1
19	South Shades Crest Elementary School	Hoover, AL	Hoover City	Elementary	534	15.0:1
20	Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	546	15.2:1
21	Hueytown Primary School	Hueytown, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	601	15.2:1
22	Grantswood Community School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	394	15.3:1
23	Paine Elementary School	Trussville, AL	Trussville City	Elementary	1,338	15.6:1
24	Vestavia Hills Elementary West	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	691	15.7:1
25	Snow Rogers Elementary School	Gardendale, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	389	15.9:1
26	Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	657	16.0:1
27	Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills City	Elementary	451	16.1:1
28	Leeds Primary School	Leeds, AL	Leeds City	Elementary	517	16.2:1
29	Minor Community School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	384	16.2:1
30	i3 Academy Phase 1	Birmingham, AL	i3 Academy	Elementary	411	16.4:1
31	Charles A Brown Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	296	16.4:1
32	Abrams Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	Elementary	231	16.5:1
33	Hayes K8	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	693	16.5:1
34	Pinson Elementary School	Pinson, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	753	16.6:1
35	Oak Grove Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	576	16.6:1
36	Center Point Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	557	16.6:1
37	Barrett Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	383	16.6:1
38	Clay Elementary School	Clay, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	606	16.7:1
39	Central Park Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	386	16.8:1
40	Irondale Community School	Irondale, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	435	16.8:1
41	Mount Olive Elementary School	Mount Olive, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	286	16.8:1
42	Jonesboro Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	Elementary	474	16.9:1
43	UW Clemon Elementary School	Adamsville, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	590	16.9:1
44	Robinson Primary School	Fairfield, AL	Fairfield City	Elementary	238	17.0:1
45	Bryan Elementary School	Morris, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	697	17.0:1
46	Tarrant Elementary School	Tarrant, AL	Tarrant City	Elementary	307	17.1:1
47	Westhills Elementary School	Bessemer, AL	Bessemer City	Elementary	277	17.3:1
48	Wylam Elementary School	Birmingham, AL	Birmingham City	Elementary	399	17.4:1
49	McAdory Elementary School	McCalla, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	617	17.4:1
50	Bryant Park Elementary	Birmingham, AL	Jefferson County	Elementary	707	17.4:1

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