South Hampton K8

South Hampton K8 operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Birmingham, Alabama, overseen by Birmingham City. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 43 schools in Birmingham City (20,954 students total), South Hampton K8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, South Hampton K8 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, South Hampton K8 lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, South Hampton K8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which South Hampton K8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Legacy Prep, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Hampton K8 comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

South Hampton K8 operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Hampton K8 has decreased 7%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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