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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000705
Gardendale Elementary School
860 Bauers Ln, Gardendale, AL 35071 · (205) 379-3550 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest 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
19.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
269 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
71.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
47.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Gardendale Elementary School
Gardendale Elementary School's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardendale Elementary School this school | 700 | 38.4% | 56.8% |
| Moores Mill Intermediate School New Market | 675 | 41.0% | 61.6% |
| Hall Kent Elementary School Homewood | 717 | 36.0% | 64.7% |
| Endeavor Elementary School Harvest | 760 | 37.9% | 63.5% |
| Lynn Fanning Elementary School Meridianville | 618 | 39.0% | N/A |
| Brookwood Elementary School Enterprise | 657 | 40.5% | 69.5% |
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 Gardendale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #224 of 626 | #32 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #219 of 626 | #33 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #209 of 626 | #31 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #104 of 709 | #15 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #568 of 655 | #72 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #119 of 658 | #13 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #588 of 696 | #70 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #40 of 364 | #9 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
700
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,002
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 700 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 38% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 48% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 38.5 | 17.6:1 | 48% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 991 | 57 | 17.4:1 | 33% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 52 | 18.7:1 | 30% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 53 | 15.9:1 | 28% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 17% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 1,002 | 59 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardendale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (991 to 700); teachers down 37% (57 to 36).
About Gardendale Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Gardendale Elementary School serves students in Gardendale, Alabama. The school has 700 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 46% higher.
The 55 schools of Jefferson County, including Gardendale Elementary School, enroll 35,444 students.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at Gardendale Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 36% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Jefferson County residents are about 48% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gardendale Elementary School scores 63%.
Based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, Gardendale Elementary School has a ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 38%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
Gardendale Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.0%. Gardendale Elementary School scores 56.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that median household income comes to about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 181, with about 97,401 students.
Measured in a straight line, Bragg Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Gardendale Elementary School. The five-mile area around Gardendale Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. Gardendale Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Gardendale Elementary School 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.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 719 to 700. The ratio was 18.4:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 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 Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Gardendale
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Bragg Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Snow Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
Nearby schools
- Bragg Middle School0.1 mi · 731
- Gardendale High School0.4 mi · 1,076
- Fultondale High School2.8 mi · 848
- Snow Rogers Elementary School3.0 mi · 389
- Tarrant High School3.5 mi · 597
- Fultondale Elementary School3.7 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Gardendale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gardendale Elementary School?
Gardendale Elementary School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gardendale Elementary School serve?
Gardendale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gardendale Elementary School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Gardendale Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Gardendale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gardendale Elementary School are roughly 49% White, 8% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Gardendale Elementary School in?
Gardendale Elementary School is part of Jefferson County.
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