Christian School

Christian School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Birmingham, Alabama, run under Birmingham City, teacheing 574 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Birmingham City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 20,954 students; Christian School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Christian School reports that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the resource side, On paper, Christian School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Christian School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.5%; Christian School posts 59.4%, +20.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that 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), Christian School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Huffman Middle School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Christian School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christian School has decreased 13%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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