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Enrollment
750
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM CITY·NCES 010019402395
Pelham Oaks
2200 Highway 33, Pelham, AL 35124 · (205) 624-3703 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
402 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pelham City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
43.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Pelham Oaks
Pelham Oaks's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham Oaks this school | 750 | 53.6% | 56.7% |
| Athens Intermediate School Athens | 641 | 55.9% | 53.1% |
| Meadow View Elementary School Alabaster | 953 | 53.2% | 70.6% |
| Pelham Ridge Pelham | 783 | 48.4% | 54.1% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School Enterprise | 753 | 55.2% | 63.5% |
| Florence B Mathis Elementary Foley | 1,023 | 56.9% | 36.9% |
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 Pelham Oaks ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #225 of 626 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #265 of 626 | #16 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #216 of 626 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #77 of 709 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #176 of 655 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #35 of 658 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #435 of 696 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #61 of 262 | #1 of 7 |
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
750
+83 (+12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 750 | 47.5 | 15.8:1 | 54% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 50.5 | 14.5:1 | 57% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 49.5 | 15.1:1 | 56% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 34% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 30.5 | 20.1:1 | 45% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 45% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pelham Oaks.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (613 to 750); teachers up 56% (30.5 to 47.5).
About Pelham Oaks
Pelham Oaks is an elementary school in Pelham, Alabama, and it is part of Pelham City. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 750 students enrolled. That is 56% above the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
The Pelham City system has 4 schools and 3,444 students.
The student body at Pelham Oaks has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 76% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Pelham Oaks has 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 54% at Pelham Oaks. That is 12 points above the 42% average for public schools in Shelby County.
Pelham Oaks holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Alabama public elementary schools.
A school with Pelham Oaks's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 45.0%. Pelham Oaks scores 56.7%, 11.7 points above that line.
Shelby County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,961, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Shelby County's 48 public schools enroll about 35,120 students and include Pelham Oaks.
About 0.4 miles separate Pelham Oaks from the closest public school, Linda Nolen Learning Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Pelham Oaks ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.7% against a local average of 52.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 750, up from 667 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 19.1 in 2020-21 to 15.8 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 Pelham City
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pelham Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Pelham RidgeElementary · 783 students
Other schools in Pelham
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pelham Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Pelham RidgeElementary · 783 students
- Linda Nolen Learning CenterCombined · 78 students
- STAR Program ElementaryElementary
- STAR Program MiddleMiddle
Nearby schools
- Linda Nolen Learning Center0.4 mi · 78
- Pelham Park Middle School1.1 mi · 835
- Pelham High School1.8 mi · 1,076
- Pelham Ridge2.4 mi · 783
- Helena Elementary School3.5 mi · 778
- Hoover High School3.6 mi · 2,919
Frequently asked questions
About Pelham OaksHow large is Pelham Oaks?
Pelham Oaks enrolls approximately 750 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pelham Oaks an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pelham Oaks is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pelham Oaks have?
Pelham Oaks employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pelham Oaks?
Student demographics at Pelham Oaks are roughly 45% White, 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pelham Oaks?
Pelham Oaks is overseen by Pelham City in Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.