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Enrollment
636
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303000324
Oak Mountain Intermediate School
5486 Caldwell Mill Rd, Birmingham, AL 35242 · (205) 682-5220 · Shelby County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
180 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 297 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 339 | 53% |
Student demographics
48%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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Shelby County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
67.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Oak Mountain Intermediate School
Oak Mountain Intermediate School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain Intermediate School this school | 636 | 28.3% | 73.8% |
| McBride Elementary School Muscle Shoals | 647 | 34.2% | 74.1% |
| Weatherly Heights Elementary School Huntsville | 472 | 28.6% | 59.7% |
| Helena Elementary School Helena | 778 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Rainbow Elementary School Madison | 725 | 26.2% | 72.6% |
| Inverness Elementary School Birmingham | 563 | 34.8% | 71.2% |
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 Oak Mountain Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #60 of 626 | #5 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #62 of 626 | #5 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #49 of 626 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #146 of 709 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #337 of 655 | #18 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #330 of 658 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #649 of 696 | #19 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #201 of 364 | #6 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
636
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 636 | 37.4 | 17.0:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 40.4 | 15.8:1 | 30% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 38.4 | 16.1:1 | 27% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 20% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 32.8 | 21.7:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 22% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 16% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 3% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Mountain Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (711 to 636); teachers up 14% (32.8 to 37.4).
About Oak Mountain Intermediate School
Oak Mountain Intermediate School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Birmingham, Alabama. It offers grades 4 through 5 and has 636 students enrolled. That is 33% bigger than the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
Oak Mountain Intermediate School is among 29 schools run by Shelby County, which serves 20,638 students.
At Oak Mountain Intermediate School, 70% of students are White. Other students are 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Oak Mountain Intermediate School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is about 17.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 28%. The rate at public schools in Shelby County averages 42%, higher than here.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Oak Mountain Intermediate School outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Oak Mountain Intermediate School is 10.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (73.8% versus 63.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
The county, Shelby County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $97,961 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Shelby County has 48 public schools with about 35,120 students, including Oak Mountain Intermediate School.
The closest school to Oak Mountain Intermediate School is Oak Mountain High School, located about 0.2 miles away. Oak Mountain Intermediate School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Oak Mountain Intermediate School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 73.8% against a local average of 62.7%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 657 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 636 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 18.8 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Oak Mountain Intermediate School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Oak Mountain High School0.2 mi · 1,648
- Oak Mountain Elementary School1.3 mi · 675
- Oak Mountain Middle School1.4 mi · 1,168
- Spain Park High School2.0 mi · 1,472
- Berry Middle School2.2 mi · 1,058
- Rocky Ridge Elementary School3.6 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Mountain Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Oak Mountain Intermediate School?
Oak Mountain Intermediate School enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Oak Mountain Intermediate School serve?
Oak Mountain Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Mountain Intermediate School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Oak Mountain Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Oak Mountain Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Oak Mountain Intermediate School are roughly 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Oak Mountain Intermediate School public or private?
Oak Mountain Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.