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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192001539
Grantswood Community School
5110 Grantswood Road, Birmingham, AL 35210 · (205) 379-3700 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
244 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
58%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
61.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
30.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Grantswood Community School
Grantswood Community School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantswood Community School this school | 394 | 61.9% | 46.3% |
| Arcadia Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 418 | 60.5% | 42.6% |
| James Dawson Elementary Huntsville | 447 | 70.7% | 23.4% |
| Hueytown Primary School Hueytown | 601 | 58.7% | N/A |
| Southview Primary School Opelika | 480 | 65.4% | N/A |
| Northside School Opelika | 464 | 63.8% | 52.6% |
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 Grantswood Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #350 of 626 | #39 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #400 of 626 | #42 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #338 of 626 | #37 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #451 of 709 | #64 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #120 of 655 | #22 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #184 of 658 | #20 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #315 of 696 | #53 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #161 of 262 | #18 of 31 |
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
394
-41 (-9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 394 | 25.8 | 15.3:1 | 62% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 24.4 | 16.3:1 | 51% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 22.9 | 18.3:1 | 52% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 82% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 74% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 35 | 10.2:1 | 68% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 34% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 20 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grantswood Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (368 to 394); teachers up 12% (23 to 25.8).
About Grantswood Community School
Federal records list Grantswood Community School as an elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama. The school counts 394 students across pre-K through 5.
Jefferson County has 35,444 students spread across 55 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Grantswood Community School is 59% Black. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 16% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Jefferson County's population at about 42%. Grantswood Community School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Grantswood Community School was 15.3:1. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 62%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
allk12 grades Grantswood Community School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grantswood Community School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 46.3% actual against 39.0% predicted.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 181 and enroll about 97,401.
Shades Valley High School is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Grantswood Community School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Grantswood Community School had 435 students in 2020-21 and 394 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.1:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
The Grantswood Community School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Shades Valley High School1.1 mi · 1,094
- Irondale Middle School1.1 mi · 430
- Irondale Community School3.2 mi · 435
- WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet3.5 mi · 184
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park3.8 mi · 546
- Liberty Park Middle School3.8 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Grantswood Community SchoolHow many students attend Grantswood Community School?
Grantswood Community School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grantswood Community School serve?
Grantswood Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grantswood Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grantswood Community School is approximately 15.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grantswood Community School?
Grantswood Community School reports a student body of 16% White, 20% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grantswood Community School?
Grantswood Community School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.