Green Valley Elementary School

Green Valley Elementary School is one of the average-sized primary schools in Hoover, Alabama, one of the schools within Hoover City, with 501 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Hoover City comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 13,632 students; Green Valley Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Green Valley Elementary School reports that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Green Valley Elementary School records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Green Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Green Valley Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.3%; Green Valley Elementary School posts 63.5%, +17.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Green Valley Elementary School is one.

Gwin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Valley Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Green Valley Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

Green Valley Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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