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What advice would you give to incoming students at Concord Elementary School?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000697
Concord Elementary School
1886 Learning Lane, Bessemer, AL 35023 · (205) 379-3150 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
17.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
226 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
29.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Concord Elementary School
Concord Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Elementary School this school | 400 | 56.5% | 42.8% |
| Coldwater Elementary School Anniston | 391 | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| Memorial Park Elementary School Jasper | 483 | 54.7% | 68.6% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Stevenson | 360 | 53.9% | 56.0% |
| T R Simmons Elementary School Jasper | 507 | 51.7% | N/A |
| Vance Elementary School Vance | 451 | 51.7% | 39.1% |
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 Concord Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #391 of 626 | #41 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #414 of 626 | #43 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #345 of 626 | #38 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #441 of 709 | #62 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #406 of 655 | #53 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #172 of 658 | #19 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #386 of 696 | #56 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.3% | #21 of 262 | #7 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
400
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 400 | 22.8 | 17.6:1 | 56% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 69% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 19.5 | 20.4:1 | 70% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 56% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 18.5 | 15.3:1 | 39% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 43% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 21% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 18 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Concord Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (283 to 400); teachers up 23% (18.5 to 22.8).
About Concord Elementary School
Concord Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Bessemer, Alabama. It enrolls 400 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Across its 55 schools, Jefferson County enrolls 35,444 students. Concord Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 56% of those enrolled at Concord Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic and 17% Black. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Concord Elementary School are from different groups.
Concord Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1, with 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 56% at Concord Elementary School.
Concord Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Alabama public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Concord Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $66,388 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jefferson County has 181 public schools with about 97,401 students, including Concord Elementary School.
Pleasant Grove High School, about 4.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Concord Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Concord Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 34 students, from 366 to 400. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.9:1 to 17.6:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Concord Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Bessemer
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Bessemer City High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- McCalla Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Bessemer City Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Jonesboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Concord Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 12 states are named Concord Elementary. Concord Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 12.
- CONCORD ELEMENTARYEDINA, MN · 741 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolTroy, OH · 632 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolGlen Mills, PA · 617 students
- Concord ElementaryAnderson, SC · 615 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Grove High School4.1 mi · 752
- Hueytown High School4.3 mi · 1,200
- Hueytown Primary School5.1 mi · 601
- Hueytown Intermediate School5.4 mi · 527
- Oak Grove High School5.4 mi · 777
- Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School5.5 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Concord Elementary SchoolHow large is Concord Elementary School?
Concord Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Concord Elementary School serve?
Concord Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Concord Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Concord Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Concord Elementary School?
Student demographics at Concord Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Concord Elementary School?
Concord Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.