South Shades Crest Elementary School

South Shades Crest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Hoover, Alabama, under Hoover City. The school covers pre-K through 2 and reported 534 students in 2024-25.

The 16 schools of Hoover City, including South Shades Crest Elementary School, enroll 13,632 students.

At South Shades Crest Elementary School, 57% of students are White. It is also 18% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 48% White. The diversity index for South Shades Crest Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at South Shades Crest Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.0:1. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. By family income, 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 52%.

In Jefferson County, home to about 667,755 people, the median household earns about $66,388 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. South Shades Crest Elementary School shares Jefferson County with 180 other public schools.

A public school about 0.8 miles away, Brocks Gap Intermediate School, is the closest to South Shades Crest Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 21%, from 443 to 534. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 15.0:1 over the same years.

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