Empower Community School Upper Campus

Federal records list Empower Community School Upper Campus as a middle school in Bessemer, Alabama. It offers grades 4 through 8 and has 211 students enrolled. That is 58% below the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.

A total of 2 schools make up Empower Schools of Alabama, with 412 students enrolled.

More than half of the students at Empower Community School Upper Campus are Black (78%). Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic. In Jefferson County overall, about 42% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.

A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 76% at Empower Community School Upper Campus. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 24 points.

For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,388, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 181 public schools in the county, enrolling about 97,401, Empower Community School Upper Campus among them.

Among nearby public schools, Bessemer City High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Empower Community School Upper Campus.

The NCES locale for Empower Community School Upper Campus 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. Empower Community School Upper Campus is a public charter school.

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