Grantswood Community School

Grantswood Community School, a tight-knit K-5 school in Birmingham, Alabama, run under Jefferson County, serves 394 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson County runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 35,444 students. Grantswood Community School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Grantswood Community School records that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 16% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Grantswood Community School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Grantswood Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grantswood Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put 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 Grantswood Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shades Valley High School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grantswood Community School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grantswood Community School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

Grantswood Community School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grantswood Community School has grew 7%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 20% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.