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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000727
Minor Community School
3006 Cora Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35224 · (205) 379-4800 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C-Beats 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
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
285 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
2
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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
56%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
42.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Minor Community School
Minor Community School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Community School this school | 384 | 74.2% | 29.6% |
| James Dawson Elementary Huntsville | 447 | 70.7% | 23.4% |
| Barrett Elementary School Birmingham | 383 | 76.5% | 19.2% |
| Eufaula Elementary School Eufaula | 471 | 78.1% | 33.3% |
| Central Park Elementary School Birmingham | 386 | 72.3% | 30.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School Huntsville | 458 | 79.9% | 19.4% |
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 Minor Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #514 of 626 | #58 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #517 of 626 | #59 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #519 of 626 | #62 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #470 of 709 | #68 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #228 of 655 | #29 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #217 of 658 | #24 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #165 of 696 | #34 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #238 of 364 | #46 of 58 |
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
384
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 384 | 23.7 | 16.2:1 | 74% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 22.6 | 17.8:1 | 83% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 24.5 | 16.7:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 19.2 | 21.7:1 | 83% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 72% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 69% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 825 | 54 | 15.3:1 | 65% (538) |
| 1990-91 | 803 | 43 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minor Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (416 to 384); teachers up 23% (19.2 to 23.7).
About Minor Community School
In Birmingham, Alabama, part of Jefferson County, Minor Community School is an elementary school. It had 384 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Minor Community School is among 55 schools run by Jefferson County, which serves 35,444 students.
Of every 100 students at Minor Community School, about 63 are Black. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 14% White, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 42%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Minor Community School scores 56%.
For every teacher at Minor Community School, there are about 16.2 students; the school has 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Alabama, 17.0:1, is higher. There are 285 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 74% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
Minor Community School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Minor Community School scores 29.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 30.1%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $66,388 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Minor Community School shares Jefferson County with 180 other public schools.
UW Clemon Elementary School is about 2.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Minor Community School ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 29.6% versus a 22.8% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 405 to 384, a 5% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
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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 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
- UW Clemon Elementary School2.2 mi · 590
- Minor High School2.3 mi · 978
- South Hampton K82.4 mi · 511
- Wylam Elementary School2.8 mi · 399
- JacksonOlin High School2.9 mi · 713
- Minor Middle School3.5 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Minor Community SchoolHow large is Minor Community School?
Minor Community School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Minor Community School serve?
Minor Community School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Minor Community School have?
Minor Community School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Minor Community School?
Student demographics at Minor Community School are roughly 14% White, 17% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Minor Community School public or private?
Minor Community School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.