Sun Valley Elementary School

Sun Valley Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Birmingham, Alabama, run under Birmingham City. The school caters to 678 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 480.

Sun Valley Elementary School is one of 43 schools operated by Birmingham City, a district that teaches 20,954 students overall.

Demographically, Sun Valley Elementary School shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sun Valley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 28.5%.

In the surrounding community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Sun Valley Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Erwin Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sun Valley Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 634 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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