Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000681
Adamsville Elementary School
4600 Hazelwood Road, Adamsville, AL 35005 · (205) 379-2400 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
230 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adamsville Elementary School
Adamsville Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamsville Elementary School this school | 288 | 79.9% | 31.2% |
| Thompson Elementary School Gadsden | 288 | 81.3% | 28.0% |
| Central Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 291 | 78.7% | 33.7% |
| Indian Springs Elementary School Eight Mile | 305 | 78.0% | 35.5% |
| King Elementary Montgomery | 293 | 76.1% | 24.1% |
| Robinson Elementary School Birmingham | 354 | 78.8% | 26.3% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adamsville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #494 of 626 | #52 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #523 of 626 | #60 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #496 of 626 | #55 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #583 of 709 | #84 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #589 of 655 | #77 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #211 of 658 | #22 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #90 of 696 | #12 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #229 of 364 | #43 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
288
-25 (-8%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 288 | 14.5 | 19.9:1 | 80% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 17.5 | 17.6:1 | 83% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 18.9 | 16.0:1 | 83% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 81% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 19.9 | 15.8:1 | 77% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 73% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 72% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 45% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 29 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adamsville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (314 to 288); teachers down 27% (19.9 to 14.5).
About Adamsville Elementary School
At 4600 Hazelwood Road in Adamsville, Alabama, Adamsville Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. A federal count lists 288 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480, so this school runs 40% smaller than that.
District-wide, Jefferson County has 55 schools and 35,444 students.
By race and ethnicity, Adamsville Elementary School is 62% Black. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 42% Black. Adamsville Elementary School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.9:1, with 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Adamsville Elementary School is 80%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 28 points.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Adamsville Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.0% at Adamsville Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 181 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,401.
Minor Middle School is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Adamsville Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Adamsville Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Adamsville Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 313 to 288. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Adamsville
- Minor High SchoolHigh · 978 students
- Minor Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- UW Clemon Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
Other Adamsville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Adamsville Elementary. Adamsville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Adamsville ElementaryAdamsville, TN · 710 students
- Adamsville Elementary SchoolAdamsville, OH · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Minor Middle School1.4 mi · 668
- UW Clemon Elementary School1.9 mi · 590
- Minor High School2.1 mi · 978
- Brookville Elementary School2.6 mi · 211
- Minor Community School3.7 mi · 384
- South Hampton K85.2 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Adamsville Elementary SchoolHow large is Adamsville Elementary School?
Adamsville Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
Is Adamsville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Adamsville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Adamsville Elementary School?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Adamsville Elementary School.
How diverse is Adamsville Elementary School?
Adamsville Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 17% Hispanic, 62% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Adamsville Elementary School in?
Adamsville Elementary School is part of Jefferson County.
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