Glen Iris Elementary School

Located at 1115 11th Street South, in Birmingham, Alabama, Glen Iris Elementary School is a sizable elementary campus that instructs 827 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Birmingham City. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Glen Iris Elementary School sits 72% larger than that benchmark.

Birmingham City runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 20,954 students. Glen Iris Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Glen Iris Elementary School records that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 33% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Glen Iris Elementary School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Glen Iris Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Glen Iris Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Glen Iris Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is EPIC Alternative Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glen Iris Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glen Iris Elementary School has climbed 12%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 827 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 69% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.