Deer Valley Elementary School

Located at 4990 Ross Bridge Parkway, in Hoover, Alabama, Deer Valley Elementary School is an expansive elementary campus that instructs 735 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Hoover City. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 480.

Hoover City runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 13,632 students. Deer Valley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Deer Valley Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Deer Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Deer Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.8%, the actual is 78.3%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Deer Valley Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brocks Gap Intermediate School, around 1.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deer Valley Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 971 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Deer Valley Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.