Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPOWER SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA·NCES 010358202558
Empower Community SchoolLower School
2410 7th Ave North, Bessemer, AL 35020 · (205) 413-8600 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
143 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
2.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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Empower Community SchoolLower School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empower Community SchoolLower School this school | 201 | 71.1% | 11.1% |
| Westhills Elementary School Bessemer | 277 | 74.0% | 23.4% |
| Donehoo Elementary School Gadsden | 225 | 73.3% | 48.5% |
| Abrams Elementary School Bessemer | 231 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
| Norwood Elementary School Birmingham | 261 | 77.8% | 30.1% |
| King Elementary Montgomery | 293 | 76.1% | 24.1% |
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 Empower Community SchoolLower School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #626 of 626 | #89 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #626 of 626 | #89 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #626 of 626 | #89 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #655 of 709 | #94 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #500 of 658 | #60 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #203 of 696 | #43 of 96 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 201 | N/A | N/A | 71% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 11 | 27.4:1 | 83% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | N/A | N/A | 64% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Empower Community SchoolLower School.
About Empower Community SchoolLower School
Among the schools in Bessemer, Alabama, is Empower Community SchoolLower School, a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 201 students covers kindergarten through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
The Empower Schools of Alabama system has 2 schools and 412 students.
The large majority of students at Empower Community SchoolLower School, 84%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 42%. Empower Community SchoolLower School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
About 71% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 19 points.
allk12 grades Empower Community SchoolLower School an F. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Empower Community SchoolLower School ranks in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools. It scores 11.1%; the prediction is 32.3%.
Within Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 181 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,401.
Nearest public school: Abrams Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Empower Community SchoolLower School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 27.1% on proficiency, and Empower Community SchoolLower School is below that at 11.1%.
The federal government classifies Empower Community SchoolLower School's location as Suburb: Large. Empower Community SchoolLower School is a publicly funded charter school.
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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 Empower Schools of Alabama
- Empower Community School Upper CampusMiddle · 211 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
Nearby schools
- Abrams Elementary School0.4 mi · 231
- Charles F Hard Elementary School0.7 mi · 364
- Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School1.0 mi · 161
- Lipscomb Elementary School2.0 mi · 221
- Brighton School2.2 mi · 336
- Jonesboro Elementary School2.3 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Empower Community SchoolLower SchoolHow large is Empower Community SchoolLower School?
Empower Community SchoolLower School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Empower Community SchoolLower School serve?
Empower Community SchoolLower School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student diversity at Empower Community SchoolLower School?
Student demographics at Empower Community SchoolLower School are roughly 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 84% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Empower Community SchoolLower School in?
Empower Community SchoolLower School is part of Empower Schools of Alabama.
What county does Empower Community SchoolLower School serve?
Empower Community SchoolLower School serves Jefferson County in AL.
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