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What's the one class at Cahaba Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 757 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRUSSVILLE CITY·NCES 010001302402
Cahaba Elementary School
301 Parkway Drive, Trussville, AL 35173 · (205) 228-3400 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
100 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Trussville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
90.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
70.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Cahaba Elementary School
Cahaba Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahaba Elementary School this school | 542 | 18.5% | 78.4% |
| Rockwell Elementary School Spanish Fort | 682 | 17.7% | 77.9% |
| Shades Cahaba Elementary School Homewood | 507 | 22.1% | 81.8% |
| Verner Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 608 | 19.7% | 71.6% |
| Orange Beach Elementary School Orange Beach | 600 | 19.3% | 86.0% |
| Bluff Park Elementary School Hoover | 658 | 22.8% | 81.8% |
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 Cahaba Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #35 of 626 | #11 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #48 of 626 | #17 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #22 of 626 | #9 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #241 of 709 | #41 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #53 of 655 | #15 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #453 of 658 | #48 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #675 of 696 | #83 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #213 of 262 | #24 of 31 |
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
542
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 542 | 37.8 | 14.4:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 35.8 | 15.3:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 7% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cahaba Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (523 to 542); teachers up 22% (31 to 37.8).
About Cahaba Elementary School
Students in Trussville, Alabama, attend Cahaba Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 542 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Trussville City oversees Cahaba Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 5,005 students in total.
At Cahaba Elementary School, White students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Cahaba Elementary School has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Cahaba Elementary School total 37.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Cahaba Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 70.5%.
Within Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Jefferson County number 181 and enroll about 97,401.
The nearest public school is HewittTrussville Middle School, at about 1.9 miles. Cahaba Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 78.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cahaba Elementary School went from 499 students to 542. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.2:1 to 14.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Trussville City
- HewittTrussville High SchoolHigh · 1,571 students
- Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,338 students
- HewittTrussville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,163 students
- Magnolia Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other schools in Trussville
- HewittTrussville High SchoolHigh · 1,571 students
- Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,338 students
- HewittTrussville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,163 students
- ClayChalkville Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Magnolia Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Nearby schools
- HewittTrussville Middle School1.9 mi · 1,163
- Magnolia Elementary School2.3 mi · 391
- Paine Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,338
- HewittTrussville High School2.6 mi · 1,571
- Bryant Park Elementary3.2 mi · 707
- Chalkville Elementary School3.5 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About Cahaba Elementary SchoolHow large is Cahaba Elementary School?
Cahaba Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cahaba Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cahaba Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cahaba Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cahaba Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cahaba Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cahaba Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cahaba Elementary School?
Cahaba Elementary School is overseen by Trussville City in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.