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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TARRANT CITY·NCES 010327002138
Tarrant Intermediate School
1 Wildcat Drive, Tarrant, AL 35217 · (205) 849-0168 · Jefferson County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
313 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 113 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 21% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tarrant Intermediate School→Tarrant High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tarrant City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 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 Tarrant Intermediate School
Tarrant Intermediate School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant Intermediate School this school | 404 | 77.5% | 22.0% |
| Tarrant Elementary School Tarrant | 307 | 76.9% | N/A |
| Brighton School Brighton | 336 | 82.7% | 31.1% |
| Irondale Community School Irondale | 435 | 71.7% | 33.1% |
| BanksCaddell Elementary School Decatur | 477 | 76.5% | 30.4% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Decatur | 481 | 70.9% | 20.5% |
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 Tarrant Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #586 of 626 | #79 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #560 of 626 | #70 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #593 of 626 | #81 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #434 of 709 | #61 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #496 of 655 | #63 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #219 of 658 | #25 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #123 of 696 | #23 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #166 of 262 | #20 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
404
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 77% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 97% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 89% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 97% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 19.5 | 19.4:1 | 97% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 67% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 96% (299) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tarrant Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (378 to 404); teachers up 13% (19.5 to 22).
About Tarrant Intermediate School
Tarrant Intermediate School, located in Tarrant, Alabama, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers grades 3 through 6 and has 404 students enrolled.
Tarrant Intermediate School falls under Tarrant City, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,308 students.
The biggest share of students at Tarrant Intermediate School, 49%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 45% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Jefferson County's population at about 6%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Tarrant Intermediate School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The school's 18.4:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. The school has 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 25 points.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Tarrant Intermediate School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 27.7%.
Census data for Jefferson County show the median household earns about $66,388 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Tarrant Intermediate School, Jefferson County has 181 public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Tarrant Intermediate School from the closest public school, Tarrant Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Tarrant Intermediate School at 3rd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment went from 414 in 2020-21 to 404 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Tarrant City
- Tarrant High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Tarrant Elementary SchoolElementary · 307 students
Other schools in Tarrant
- Tarrant High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Tarrant Elementary SchoolElementary · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Tarrant Elementary School0.3 mi · 307
- Inglenook School1.3 mi · 312
- Fultondale Elementary School2.1 mi · 889
- Tarrant High School2.4 mi · 597
- i3 Academy Phase 22.6 mi · 400
- Barrett Elementary School2.7 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Tarrant Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tarrant Intermediate School?
Tarrant Intermediate School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Tarrant Intermediate School serve?
Tarrant Intermediate School serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tarrant Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tarrant Intermediate School is approximately 18.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tarrant Intermediate School?
At Tarrant Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 49% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Tarrant Intermediate School public or private?
Tarrant Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tarrant City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.