Hueytown Primary School

Hueytown Primary School is an elementary school located in Hueytown, Alabama, in Jefferson County. The grade span is pre-K through 2, and enrollment is 601 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480, so this school runs 25% above that.

A total of 55 schools make up Jefferson County, with 35,444 students enrolled.

Black students are the majority at Hueytown Primary School, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% White, 15% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 42% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

With 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hueytown Primary School was 15.2:1. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 59%.

County data help place the school in context: in Jefferson County, the median household income is $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County is home to 181 public schools and about 97,401 public school students.

Hueytown Intermediate School is located about 0.3 miles from Hueytown Primary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment grew 28% from its 2020-21 level of 470. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.

Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.