Robinson Elementary School

Set in Birmingham, Alabama, Robinson Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community, run under Birmingham City. It works with 354 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Robinson Elementary School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within Birmingham City, which oversees 43 schools and 20,954 students, Robinson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Robinson Elementary School shows that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Robinson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Robinson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Robinson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.7%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Robinson Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robinson Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robinson Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

Robinson Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 7% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.