Brocks Gap Intermediate School

Brocks Gap Intermediate School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Hoover, Alabama, operated by Hoover City. Current enrollment sits at 521 students spanning grades 2 through 5.

Brocks Gap Intermediate School is one of 16 schools operated by Hoover City, a district that works with 13,632 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Brocks Gap Intermediate School lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 24% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Brocks Gap Intermediate School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Brocks Gap Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brocks Gap Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 77.4%.

In the surrounding community, 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), Brocks Gap Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Shades Crest Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brocks Gap Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 35%: 807 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 31% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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