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Enrollment
955
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303001442
Helena Intermediate School
3500 Hwy 52, Helena, AL 35080 · (205) 682-5520 · Shelby County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL955 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
275 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 332 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 299 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 324 | 34% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
79.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Helena Intermediate School
Helena Intermediate School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Intermediate School this school | 955 | 28.8% | 66.4% |
| Fairhope West Elementary Fairhope | 972 | 27.0% | 76.1% |
| Chelsea Park Elementary School Chelsea | 891 | 30.1% | 68.7% |
| Helena Elementary School Helena | 778 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Belforest Elementary School Daphne | 1,069 | 23.9% | 68.8% |
| Spanish Fort Elementary School Spanish Fort | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
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 Helena Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #114 of 626 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #118 of 626 | #10 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #106 of 626 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 955 | #20 of 709 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #460 of 655 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #354 of 658 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #645 of 696 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #328 of 364 | #12 of 13 |
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
955
+34 (+4%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 852
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
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 | 955 | 53 | 18.0:1 | 29% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 932 | 46 | 20.3:1 | 29% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 945 | 45 | 21.0:1 | 29% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 921 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 22% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 51.9 | 18.8:1 | 21% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 912 | 50 | 18.2:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 16% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Helena Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (976 to 955); teachers up 2% (51.9 to 53).
About Helena Intermediate School
In Helena, Alabama, Helena Intermediate School is a high-enrollment elementary school. It had 955 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 3 through 5. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 99% higher.
In Shelby County, 29 schools enroll a combined 20,638 students.
More than half of the students at Helena Intermediate School are White (72%). Other reported shares: 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Shelby County, where about 76% of residents are White. The diversity index for Helena Intermediate School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Shelby County.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Helena Intermediate School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Helena Intermediate School are 3.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.4% actual, 63.0% predicted).
In the wider Shelby County area, the median household earns about $97,961 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Helena Intermediate School shares Shelby County with 47 other public schools.
Helena Intermediate School's nearest public school is Helena High School (about 1.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Helena Intermediate School is 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 921 to 955, a 4% rise.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby County
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Calera HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
Other schools in Helena
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
- Helena Elementary SchoolElementary · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Helena High School1.1 mi · 1,383
- Helena Elementary School1.2 mi · 778
- Helena Middle1.2 mi · 957
- Robert F Bumpus Middle School2.7 mi · 1,192
- Pelham High School3.0 mi · 1,076
- South Shades Crest Elementary School3.2 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Helena Intermediate SchoolHow large is Helena Intermediate School?
Helena Intermediate School enrolls approximately 955 students in grades 03-05.
Is Helena Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Helena Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Helena Intermediate School have?
Helena Intermediate School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
How diverse is Helena Intermediate School?
Helena Intermediate School reports a student body of 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Helena Intermediate School?
Helena Intermediate School is overseen by Shelby County in Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.