Hueytown Primary School

Hueytown Primary School is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Hueytown, Alabama, run under Jefferson County, with 601 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Jefferson County comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,444 students; Hueytown Primary School is among them.

On demographics, Hueytown Primary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hueytown Primary School records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 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 Hueytown Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hueytown Intermediate School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hueytown Primary School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 89%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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