Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER CITY·NCES 010000701743
Shades Mountain Elementary School
2250 Sumpter St, Hoover, AL 35226 · (205) 439-3100 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
138 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
83.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
73.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 23 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 Shades Mountain Elementary School
Shades Mountain Elementary School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shades Mountain Elementary School this school | 328 | 42.1% | 76.0% |
| Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School Auburn | 396 | 36.6% | 73.1% |
| Wrights Mill Road Elementary School Auburn | 388 | 34.8% | 74.7% |
| Woodland Pines Elementary School Auburn | 348 | 36.2% | N/A |
| Dean Road Elementary School Auburn | 383 | 42.0% | N/A |
| Highlands Elementary School Dothan | 501 | 38.7% | 54.5% |
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 Shades Mountain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #49 of 626 | #18 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #29 of 626 | #9 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #67 of 626 | #20 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #547 of 709 | #78 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #4 of 655 | #3 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #110 of 658 | #11 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #560 of 696 | #67 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #226 of 262 | #28 of 31 |
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
328
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 328 | 27.1 | 12.1:1 | 42% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 23.7 | 13.2:1 | 46% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 23.2 | 14.2:1 | 48% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 32% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 21.6 | 14.7:1 | 33% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 36% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 22% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shades Mountain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (318 to 328); teachers up 25% (21.6 to 27.1).
About Shades Mountain Elementary School
Shades Mountain Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Hoover, Alabama. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 328 students enrolled. It has 32% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Alabama (about 480).
Hoover City has 16 schools; together they serve 13,632 students.
At Shades Mountain Elementary School, 56% of students are White. After that, the student body is 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 8% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shades Mountain Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.1:1. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 4.9 more students per teacher than here. A total of 138 students, or 42%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Shades Mountain Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Shades Mountain Elementary School is 22.6 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Alabama.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $66,388 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County has 181 public schools with about 97,401 students, including Shades Mountain Elementary School.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Pizitz Middle School, is the closest to Shades Mountain Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Shades Mountain Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Shades Mountain Elementary School had a net gain of 25 students, or 8%.
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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 Hoover City
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Other schools in Hoover
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Berry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Pizitz Middle School0.9 mi · 1,131
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus1.8 mi · 548
- Bluff Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 658
- Vestavia Hills Elementary West2.0 mi · 691
- Hall Kent Elementary School2.1 mi · 717
- Green Valley Elementary School2.3 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Shades Mountain Elementary SchoolHow large is Shades Mountain Elementary School?
Shades Mountain Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
Is Shades Mountain Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shades Mountain Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shades Mountain Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shades Mountain Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Shades Mountain Elementary School?
Shades Mountain Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Shades Mountain Elementary School in?
Shades Mountain Elementary School is part of Hoover City.
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