Barrett Elementary School

Located at 7601 Division Ave, in Birmingham, Alabama, Barrett Elementary School is an intimate elementary school that serves 383 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Birmingham City. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Within Birmingham City, which oversees 43 schools and 20,954 students, Barrett Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barrett Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Barrett Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 77% of students at Barrett Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barrett Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Barrett Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

i3 Academy Phase 2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Barrett Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Barrett Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 383). Black enrollment moved from 92% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Barrett Elementary School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.