Oxmoor K5

Set in Birmingham, Alabama, Oxmoor K5 is an average-sized K-5 school, part of Birmingham City. It caters to 512 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Birmingham City runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 20,954 students. Oxmoor K5 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Oxmoor K5 reports that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oxmoor K5 lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oxmoor K5 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Oxmoor K5 is one.

The closest other public school is Bluff Park Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oxmoor K5 ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.8%.

Oxmoor K5 operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.