Hall Kent Elementary School

Hall Kent Elementary School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Homewood, Alabama, part of Homewood City, teacheing 717 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Hall Kent Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Homewood City, a district that hosts 4,492 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hall Kent Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Hall Kent Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hall Kent Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 64.7%.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Hall Kent Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Magic City Acceptance Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hall Kent Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hall Kent Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

Hall Kent Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hall Kent Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 694 (now 717). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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