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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303002085
Mt Laurel Elementary School
1 Jefferson Place, Birmingham, AL 35242 · (205) 682-7230 · Shelby County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
99 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
34%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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
95.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
85.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 Mt Laurel Elementary School
Mt Laurel Elementary School's state test result (86.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Laurel Elementary School this school | 498 | 19.9% | 86.6% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights Vestavia Hills | 451 | 13.7% | 74.6% |
| Oak Mountain Elementary School Birmingham | 675 | 22.2% | 79.4% |
| Shades Cahaba Elementary School Homewood | 507 | 22.1% | 81.8% |
| Stonebridge Elementary Loxley | 620 | 13.9% | 66.8% |
| Verner Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 608 | 19.7% | 71.6% |
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 Mt Laurel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #7 of 626 | #1 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #6 of 626 | #1 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.1% | #8 of 626 | #1 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #302 of 709 | #18 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #237 of 655 | #15 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #465 of 658 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #672 of 696 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #98 of 364 | #1 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. 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
498
0 (0%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 498 | 30.6 | 16.3:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 25.6 | 18.8:1 | 21% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 27.1 | 19.0:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 36.1 | 17.2:1 | 12% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 16% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Laurel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (621 to 498); teachers down 15% (36.1 to 30.6).
About Mt Laurel Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama, Mt Laurel Elementary School is part of Shelby County. The school counted 498 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Shelby County counts 20,638 students in its 29 schools, and Mt Laurel Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 81% of students at Mt Laurel Elementary School are White. Other students are 9% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Laurel Elementary School is 16.3:1, based on 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 42% for public schools in Shelby County.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 69.5%. Mt Laurel Elementary School posts 86.6%, 17.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Shelby County, median household income comes to about $97,961, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shelby County counts 48 public schools with about 35,120 students.
Greystone Elementary School is about 1.8 miles from Mt Laurel Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mt Laurel Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Mt Laurel Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show 498 students in 2020-21 and 498 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Greystone Elementary School1.8 mi · 438
- Inverness Elementary School4.2 mi · 563
- Chelsea Middle School4.7 mi · 831
- Forest Oaks Elementary School5.2 mi · 606
- Oak Mountain Middle School5.3 mi · 1,168
- Oak Mountain Elementary School5.4 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Laurel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mt Laurel Elementary School?
Mt Laurel Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mt Laurel Elementary School serve?
Mt Laurel Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Laurel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Laurel Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mt Laurel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mt Laurel Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 2% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mt Laurel Elementary School public or private?
Mt Laurel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shelby County.
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