Adamsville Elementary School

Adamsville Elementary School is one of the compact primary schools in Adamsville, Alabama, run under Jefferson County, with 288 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Adamsville Elementary School sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Jefferson County comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,444 students; Adamsville Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Adamsville Elementary School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Adamsville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Adamsville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Minor Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Adamsville Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

Adamsville Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adamsville Elementary School has fell 8%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.