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Enrollment
743
Elementary
DISTRICT 609 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN BROOK CITY·NCES 010249001055
Crestline Elementary School
3785 Jackson Blvd, Mountain Brook, AL 35213 · (205) 871-8126 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
13 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Mountain Brook City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
96.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
89.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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
91.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Crestline Elementary School
Crestline Elementary School's state test result (91.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestline Elementary School this school | 743 | 1.7% | 91.6% |
| Brookwood Forest Elementary School Mountain Brook | 579 | 1.2% | 86.2% |
| Cherokee Bend Elementary School Mountain Brook | 562 | 2.8% | 88.6% |
| Mountain Brook Elementary School Mountain Brook | 551 | 2.0% | 87.8% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary East Vestavia Hills | 771 | 7.0% | 82.9% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Homewood | 935 | 12.0% | 84.3% |
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 Crestline Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.6% | #3 of 626 | #1 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #2 of 626 | #1 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.7% | #4 of 626 | #1 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #82 of 709 | #11 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #5 of 655 | #4 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #640 of 658 | #90 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.7% | #695 of 696 | #95 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #344 of 364 | #57 of 58 |
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
743
-49 (-6%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 743 | 61 | 12.2:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 62.5 | 11.7:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 62.5 | 12.4:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | 58 | 13.7:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 52.5 | 14.3:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 55 | 15.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 32 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestline Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (751 to 743); teachers up 16% (52.5 to 61).
About Crestline Elementary School
Crestline Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in Mountain Brook, Alabama. The school counts 743 students across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 55% larger than the 480 average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Mountain Brook City operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,425 students.
At Crestline Elementary School, White students make up 95% of the student body. Other students are 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 48% White. Crestline Elementary School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Crestline Elementary School's 61 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 2%. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Crestline Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Crestline Elementary School is 9.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (91.6% versus 82.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Among Jefferson County residents, median household income is about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 181 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,401.
Nearest public school: Mountain Brook Junior High School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Crestline Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Crestline Elementary School's average proficiency of 91.6% compares with 69.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Crestline Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Crestline Elementary School had 792 students in 2020-21 and 743 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.7:1 to 12.2:1.
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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 Mountain Brook City
- Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
- Mountain Brook High SchoolHigh · 985 students
- Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Cherokee Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in Mountain Brook
- Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
- Mountain Brook High SchoolHigh · 985 students
- Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Cherokee Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other Crestline Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Crestline Elementary. Crestline Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Crestline Elementary SchoolHartselle, AL · 710 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolVancouver, WA · 446 students
- Crestline ElementaryBarstow, CA · 371 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolCrestline, OH · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Brook Junior High School0.6 mi · 1,005
- Avondale Elementary School1.5 mi · 339
- Mountain Brook Elementary School1.6 mi · 551
- Cherokee Bend Elementary School2.2 mi · 562
- Hayes K82.3 mi · 693
- Brookwood Forest Elementary School2.4 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Crestline Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crestline Elementary School?
Crestline Elementary School enrolls approximately 743 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Crestline Elementary School serve?
Crestline Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crestline Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crestline Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Crestline Elementary School?
Student demographics at Crestline Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Crestline Elementary School public or private?
Crestline Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mountain Brook City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.