Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039002489
Richard Arrington Elementary
2101 Jefferson Avenue SW, Birmingham, AL 35211 · (205) 231-1130 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
274 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
25%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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Richard Arrington Elementary
Richard Arrington Elementary's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Arrington Elementary this school | 341 | 80.4% | 16.9% |
| Johnson Elementary School Montgomery | 340 | 79.1% | 20.3% |
| Hemphill Elementary School Birmingham | 353 | 79.0% | 24.5% |
| Wylam Elementary School Birmingham | 399 | 78.4% | 26.5% |
| Charles F Hard Elementary School Bessemer | 364 | 80.8% | 14.7% |
| Evergreen Elementary School Evergreen | 342 | 76.9% | 33.9% |
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 Richard Arrington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #614 of 626 | #85 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #608 of 626 | #83 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #605 of 626 | #85 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #528 of 709 | #75 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #546 of 655 | #68 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #531 of 658 | #70 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #84 of 696 | #10 of 96 |
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
341
-29 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 341 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 80% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 77% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 18 | 20.8:1 | 77% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 78% (288) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Arrington Elementary.
About Richard Arrington Elementary
Among the schools in Birmingham, Alabama, is Richard Arrington Elementary, a small elementary school. The student body numbers 341 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Alabama) has about 480 students.
Richard Arrington Elementary belongs to Birmingham City, a district of 43 schools and 20,954 students.
Black students are the large majority at Richard Arrington Elementary, with 86% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic. Among people living in Jefferson County, the Black share is about 42%. Richard Arrington Elementary has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Richard Arrington Elementary, 18 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Roughly 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points above the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
allk12 grades Richard Arrington Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Richard Arrington Elementary, the prediction is 25.6% and the result is 16.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richard Arrington Elementary is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 97,401 students.
West End Academy is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Richard Arrington Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 20.2% proficiency; Richard Arrington Elementary posts 16.9%.
Richard Arrington Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 370 in 2020-21 and 341 in 2024-25, a decrease of 29 students.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Richard Arrington ElementaryHow large is Richard Arrington Elementary?
Richard Arrington Elementary enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Richard Arrington Elementary serve?
Richard Arrington Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Richard Arrington Elementary?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Richard Arrington Elementary.
How diverse is Richard Arrington Elementary?
Richard Arrington Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 12% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Arrington Elementary?
Richard Arrington Elementary is overseen by Birmingham City in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.