Kermit Johnson School

Kermit Johnson School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Pinson, Alabama, one of the schools within Jefferson County, enrolling 646 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 480.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kermit Johnson School lists that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 16% White, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Kermit Johnson School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kermit Johnson School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Kermit Johnson School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rudd Middle School, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Kermit Johnson School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kermit Johnson School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 791 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 16% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.