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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039001878
Phillips Academy
2316 7th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203 · (205) 231-9500 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
342 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
79.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
60.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 19 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 Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Academy this school | 609 | 56.2% | 62.6% |
| Christian School Birmingham | 574 | 62.5% | 59.4% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Pleasant Grove | 524 | 64.1% | 26.9% |
| Englewood Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 522 | 60.9% | 35.0% |
| Woodland Forrest Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 544 | 55.1% | 33.2% |
| Taylorville Primary School Tuscaloosa | 578 | 58.7% | N/A |
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 Phillips Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #151 of 626 | #27 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #105 of 626 | #23 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #112 of 626 | #24 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #165 of 709 | #27 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #503 of 655 | #65 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #638 of 658 | #89 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #391 of 696 | #58 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #150 of 364 | #32 of 58 |
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
609
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 56% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 58% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 57% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 58% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 58% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 37 | 18.5:1 | 32% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 43% (298) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillips Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (714 to 609); teachers down 13% (38 to 33).
About Phillips Academy
Students in Birmingham, Alabama, attend Phillips Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 609 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Alabama) has about 480 students.
Birmingham City has a total of 43 schools and 20,954 students, Phillips Academy among them.
About 95% of the student body at Phillips Academy is Black. Other students are 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 42% Black. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Alabama have 17.0:1, compared with 18.4:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 43.2% for Phillips Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 62.6%. The 19.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Alabama schools.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $66,388, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County is home to 181 public schools and about 97,401 public school students.
The closest public school, Norwood Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles from Phillips Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Phillips Academy is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Phillips Academy is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Phillips Academy's enrollment declined from 674 in 2020-21 to 609 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 21.1 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Birmingham City
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Huffman AcademyElementary · 779 students
- Ramsay High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetHigh · 750 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
- Norwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 261
- Tuggle Elementary School1.4 mi · 423
- Parker High School1.5 mi · 942
- Ramsay High School1.8 mi · 762
- Wilkerson Middle School1.9 mi · 424
- EPIC Alternative Elementary School2.0 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Phillips AcademyHow many students attend Phillips Academy?
Phillips Academy enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-08.
Is Phillips Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Phillips Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phillips Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phillips Academy is approximately 18.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Phillips Academy?
Phillips Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Phillips Academy in?
Phillips Academy is part of Birmingham City.
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