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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER CITY·NCES 010000701483
Deer Valley Elementary School
4990 Ross Bridge Parkway, Hoover, AL 35226 · (205) 439-3300 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
113 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
87.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
71.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Deer Valley Elementary School
Deer Valley Elementary School's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Valley Elementary School this school | 735 | 15.4% | 78.3% |
| South Shades Crest Elementary School Hoover | 534 | 18.2% | N/A |
| Heritage Elementary School Madison | 869 | 25.5% | 81.6% |
| Columbia Elementary School Madison | 701 | 25.1% | 70.7% |
| Greystone Elementary School Hoover | 438 | 15.5% | 83.9% |
| Madison Elementary School Madison | 603 | 27.4% | 72.0% |
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 Deer Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #36 of 626 | #12 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #42 of 626 | #16 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #41 of 626 | #17 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #85 of 709 | #12 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #37 of 655 | #12 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #100 of 658 | #10 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #679 of 696 | #85 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #60 of 364 | #14 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
735
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 917
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 735 | 53.6 | 13.7:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 49.6 | 15.1:1 | 18% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 13% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 971 | 57.4 | 16.9:1 | 9% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 12% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 9% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (971 to 735); teachers down 7% (57.4 to 53.6).
About Deer Valley Elementary School
Deer Valley Elementary School is an elementary school in Hoover, Alabama, and it is part of Hoover City. The school enrolls 735 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480, so this school runs 53% larger than that.
Deer Valley Elementary School sits within Hoover City, which has 16 schools and 13,632 students.
White students are the majority at Deer Valley Elementary School, with 55% of enrollment. The school is also 19% Black, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Deer Valley Elementary School employs 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 15% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Deer Valley Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Deer Valley Elementary School is 5.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 78.3% actual, 72.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Deer Valley Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in the county.
Brocks Gap Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles away. Within five miles of Deer Valley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Deer Valley Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Deer Valley Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 4% from its 2020-21 level of 766. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Hoover City
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Other schools in Hoover
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Brocks Gap Intermediate School1.9 mi · 521
- South Shades Crest Elementary School1.9 mi · 534
- Trace Crossings Elementary School2.1 mi · 769
- Hoover High School2.2 mi · 2,919
- Robert F Bumpus Middle School2.4 mi · 1,192
- Ira F Simmons Middle School2.6 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Deer Valley Elementary School?
Deer Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Deer Valley Elementary School serve?
Deer Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Deer Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Deer Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Deer Valley Elementary School?
Deer Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 5% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Deer Valley Elementary School public or private?
Deer Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hoover City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.