Trace Crossings Elementary School

Trace Crossings Elementary School, a well-populated elementary-level community in Hoover, Alabama, part of Hoover City, hosts 769 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Within Hoover City, which oversees 16 schools and 13,632 students, Trace Crossings Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Trace Crossings Elementary School lists that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, Trace Crossings Elementary School records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Trace Crossings Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trace Crossings Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Trace Crossings Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hoover High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trace Crossings Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 60%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 769 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 35% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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