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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000106
Barrett Elementary School
7601 Division Ave, Birmingham, AL 35206 · (205) 231-8130 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
293 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
2
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
8.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Barrett Elementary School
Barrett Elementary School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Elementary School this school | 383 | 76.5% | 19.2% |
| Southlawn Elementary School Montgomery | 395 | 80.0% | 21.8% |
| Robinson Elementary School Birmingham | 354 | 78.8% | 26.3% |
| Central Park Elementary School Birmingham | 386 | 72.3% | 30.4% |
| Skyland Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 459 | 76.5% | 32.6% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Huntsville | 397 | 75.1% | 22.6% |
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 Barrett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #604 of 626 | #83 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #610 of 626 | #84 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #588 of 626 | #79 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #473 of 709 | #69 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #289 of 655 | #37 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #410 of 658 | #46 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #141 of 696 | #29 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #142 of 364 | #29 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
383
0 (0%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 77% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 19.6 | 21.2:1 | 88% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 88% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 89% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 91% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 76% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 65% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 34% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (452 to 383); teachers up 5% (22 to 23).
About Barrett Elementary School
Barrett Elementary School is a small elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the schools in Birmingham City. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 383 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Alabama enroll around 480, and this school is 20% below that mark.
The 43 schools in Birmingham City enroll 20,954 students altogether, Barrett Elementary School among them.
More than half of the students at Barrett Elementary School are Black (75%). Next come 21% Hispanic. That compares with about 42% Black among all Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for Barrett Elementary School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Barrett Elementary School totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Federal data show 77% of students (293) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Jefferson County.
Barrett Elementary School is 9.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (19.2% versus 28.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
In the wider Jefferson County area, median household income comes to about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County's 181 public schools enroll about 97,401 students and include Barrett Elementary School.
Barrett Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from i3 Academy Phase 2, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Barrett Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 383, close to the 383 recorded in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Barrett Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Birmingham City
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Huffman AcademyElementary · 779 students
- Ramsay High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetHigh · 750 students
Other schools in Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Other Barrett Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Barrett Elementary. Barrett Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Barrett Elementary SchoolCROSBY, TX · 640 students
- Barrett ElementaryArlington, VA · 500 students
- Barrett ElementaryMorgan Hill, CA · 374 students
- Barrett Elementary SchoolHomestead, PA · 225 students
Nearby schools
- i3 Academy Phase 20.4 mi · 400
- Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School0.7 mi · 330
- Robinson Elementary School1.0 mi · 354
- Oliver K5 School1.6 mi · 343
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet1.8 mi · 750
- Irondale Community School2.0 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Barrett Elementary SchoolHow large is Barrett Elementary School?
Barrett Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Barrett Elementary School serve?
Barrett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barrett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barrett Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barrett Elementary School?
At Barrett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 21% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Barrett Elementary School public or private?
Barrett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Birmingham City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.