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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Inverness Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303001621
Inverness Elementary School
5251 Valleydale Rd, Birmingham, AL 35242 · (205) 682-5240 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
196 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 28% |
Student demographics
55%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Inverness Elementary School→Oak Mountain Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Shelby County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
64.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 →
Where Inverness Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #81 of 626 | #6 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #82 of 626 | #6 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #124 of 626 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #217 of 709 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #201 of 655 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #224 of 658 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #618 of 696 | #14 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #256 of 364 | #9 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
563
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 563 | 35.2 | 16.0:1 | 35% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 35.6 | 15.8:1 | 32% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 32.1 | 18.1:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 25% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 38.2 | 15.8:1 | 24% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 25% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 4% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 31 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Inverness Elementary School.
About Inverness Elementary School
Federal records list Inverness Elementary School as an elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama. Its grade span covers pre-K through 3, with 563 students on the rolls.
Inverness Elementary School is part of a district of 29 schools: Shelby County, with 20,638 students.
The student body at Inverness Elementary School is 63% White. After that, the student body is 21% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Shelby County, the White share is about 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school had 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 35%.
Inverness Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.2% is 12.6 points above the 58.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Shelby County area, the median household earns about $97,961 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Shelby County, 48 public schools serve about 35,120 students.
Spain Park High School sits about 2.0 miles from Inverness Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Inverness Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 15 students, from 548 to 563.
This page is set up for the Inverness Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Spain Park High School2.0 mi · 1,472
- Berry Middle School2.1 mi · 1,058
- Greystone Elementary School2.5 mi · 438
- Oak Mountain Middle School2.8 mi · 1,168
- Oak Mountain Elementary School2.9 mi · 675
- Oak Mountain High School3.6 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Inverness Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Inverness Elementary School?
Inverness Elementary School enrolls approximately 563 students in grades PK-03.
Is Inverness Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Inverness Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Inverness Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Inverness Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Inverness Elementary School?
At Inverness Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 9% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Inverness Elementary School?
Inverness Elementary 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.