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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER CITY·NCES 010000701738
Bluff Park Elementary School
569 Park Avenue, Hoover, AL 35226 · (205) 439-2800 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
150 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
90.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
78.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Bluff Park Elementary School
Bluff Park Elementary School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Park Elementary School this school | 658 | 22.8% | 81.8% |
| Redland Elementary School Wetumpka | 730 | 25.9% | 69.0% |
| Spanish Fort Elementary School Spanish Fort | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
| Springville Elementary School Springville | 779 | 23.5% | 67.5% |
| Bryan Elementary School Morris | 697 | 25.5% | 70.9% |
| Ivy Classical Academy Prattville | 619 | 28.3% | N/A |
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 Bluff Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #22 of 626 | #9 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #14 of 626 | #5 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #25 of 626 | #11 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #132 of 709 | #21 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #79 of 655 | #17 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #386 of 658 | #44 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #666 of 696 | #80 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #355 of 364 | #58 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
658
+61 (+10%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 658 | 44.5 | 14.8:1 | 23% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 39.5 | 15.7:1 | 24% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 40.5 | 14.3:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 41.4 | 16.0:1 | 22% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 19% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 53 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluff Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (661 to 658); teachers up 7% (41.4 to 44.5).
About Bluff Park Elementary School
Bluff Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Hoover, Alabama. It enrolled 658 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
The 16 schools in Hoover City enroll 13,632 students altogether, Bluff Park Elementary School among them.
A majority of students at Bluff Park Elementary School, 74%, are White. Other reported shares: 16% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Jefferson County's residents are about 48% White, 26 points below the school's share. Bluff Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bluff Park Elementary School counts 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.8 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
Bluff Park Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bluff Park Elementary School would score about 67.4%. It scores 81.8%, 14.4 points above that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Bluff Park Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 97,401 students.
Oxmoor K5 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bluff Park Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bluff Park Elementary School went from 597 students to 658.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Hoover City
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Other schools in Hoover
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Oxmoor K51.8 mi · 512
- Ira F Simmons Middle School1.9 mi · 860
- Gwin Elementary School2.0 mi · 508
- Shades Mountain Elementary School2.0 mi · 328
- Pizitz Middle School2.7 mi · 1,131
- Green Valley Elementary School2.7 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Bluff Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bluff Park Elementary School?
Bluff Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bluff Park Elementary School serve?
Bluff Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bluff Park Elementary School have?
Bluff Park Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Bluff Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bluff Park Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bluff Park Elementary School public or private?
Bluff Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hoover City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.