Cahaba Elementary School

Cahaba Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Trussville, Alabama, one of the schools within Trussville City, caters to 542 students, covering grades K through 5.

Cahaba Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Trussville City, a district that hosts 5,005 students overall.

Demographically, Cahaba Elementary School reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Cahaba Elementary School shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cahaba Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 78.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Cahaba Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is HewittTrussville Middle School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cahaba Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

Cahaba Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cahaba Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 542). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 86% to 80%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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