Edgewood Elementary School

Edgewood Elementary School is an elementary-level community of substantial scale in Homewood, Alabama, operated by Homewood City, works with 935 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Edgewood Elementary School sits 95% bigger than that benchmark.

Homewood City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,492 students. Edgewood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Edgewood Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest consists of 9% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edgewood Elementary School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Edgewood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edgewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.2%; this one delivers 84.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Edgewood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Homewood Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edgewood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Edgewood Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 794 (now 935). White enrollment moved from 78% to 84% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Edgewood Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.