Norwood Elementary School

Norwood Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary schools in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the schools within Birmingham City, with 261 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Birmingham City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 20,954 students; Norwood Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Norwood Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Norwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Norwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Norwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Norwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hudson KEight School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Norwood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norwood Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

Norwood Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norwood Elementary School has ticked down 14%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 95% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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