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Which teacher or staff member at Irondale Community School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000718
Irondale Community School
225 16th St S, Irondale, AL 35210 · (205) 379-4200 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-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
16.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
312 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
48.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Irondale Community School
Irondale Community School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irondale Community School this school | 435 | 71.7% | 33.1% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Decatur | 481 | 70.9% | 20.5% |
| Woodmeade Elementary School Decatur | 361 | 67.6% | 38.1% |
| Tarrant Intermediate School Tarrant | 404 | 77.5% | 22.0% |
| BanksCaddell Elementary School Decatur | 477 | 76.5% | 30.4% |
| Tarrant Elementary School Tarrant | 307 | 76.9% | N/A |
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 Irondale Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #482 of 626 | #51 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #512 of 626 | #58 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #474 of 626 | #50 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #393 of 709 | #58 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #311 of 655 | #40 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #117 of 658 | #12 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #192 of 696 | #42 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #206 of 262 | #23 of 31 |
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
435
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 435 | 25.9 | 16.8:1 | 72% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 23.8 | 19.2:1 | 50% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 21.7 | 20.7:1 | 50% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 79% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 21.8 | 19.1:1 | 80% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 68% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 70% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 22% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irondale Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (417 to 435); teachers up 19% (21.8 to 25.9).
About Irondale Community School
Federal records list Irondale Community School as an elementary school in Irondale, Alabama. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 435 students.
Jefferson County serves 35,444 students across 55 schools.
The largest group at Irondale Community School is Hispanic students, at 47%. The remaining students are 36% Black, 14% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 6% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Irondale Community School scores 63%.
Irondale Community School reports a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher, from 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Alabama is similar, at 17.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Irondale Community School, 72% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 20 points.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Irondale Community School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 31.9%. Irondale Community School scores 33.1%.
For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,388, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 181 public schools in the county, enrolling about 97,401, Irondale Community School among them.
Irondale Community School's nearest public school is WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet (about 0.6 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Irondale Community School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 483 to 435. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.6:1 to 16.8:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Irondale
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Irondale Middle SchoolMiddle · 430 students
Nearby schools
- WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet0.6 mi · 184
- Oliver K5 School1.3 mi · 343
- Cherokee Bend Elementary School1.8 mi · 562
- Barrett Elementary School2.0 mi · 383
- Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School2.2 mi · 330
- i3 Academy Phase 22.3 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Irondale Community SchoolHow many students attend Irondale Community School?
Irondale Community School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
Is Irondale Community School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irondale Community School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irondale Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irondale Community School is approximately 16.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Irondale Community School?
Irondale Community School reports a student body of 14% White, 47% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Irondale Community School in?
Irondale Community School is part of Jefferson County.
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