Charles A Brown Elementary School

Charles A Brown Elementary School operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the schools within Birmingham City. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Across the 43 schools in Birmingham City (20,954 students total), Charles A Brown Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles A Brown Elementary School records that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Charles A Brown Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charles A Brown Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.6%, the actual is 28.7%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Charles A Brown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

C J Donald Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles A Brown Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.2%.

Charles A Brown Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 1% to 6% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Charles A Brown Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.