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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VESTAVIA HILLS CITY·NCES 010343002103
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights
4401 Dolly Ridge Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35243 · (205) 402-5480 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
62 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
89.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
62.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights this school | 451 | 13.7% | 74.6% |
| Stonebridge Elementary Loxley | 620 | 13.9% | 66.8% |
| Mt Laurel Elementary School Birmingham | 498 | 19.9% | 86.6% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge Vestavia Hills | 657 | 12.3% | 76.5% |
| Cahaba Elementary School Trussville | 542 | 18.5% | 78.4% |
| Shades Cahaba Elementary School Homewood | 507 | 22.1% | 81.8% |
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 Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #55 of 626 | #19 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #91 of 626 | #21 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.9% | #28 of 626 | #13 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #375 of 709 | #56 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #217 of 655 | #27 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #470 of 658 | #52 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #682 of 696 | #87 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #241 of 262 | #31 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
451
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 19% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 14% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 36 | 10.4:1 | 17% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (443 to 451); teachers down 15% (33 to 28).
About Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is a mid-sized elementary school in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, one of the schools in Vestavia Hills City. The school enrolls 451 students in pre-K through 5.
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights sits within Vestavia Hills City, which has 9 schools and 6,934 students.
The share of students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights who are White is 81%. Other students are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 48% White. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights are from different groups.
There are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.1:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Of all students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights, 14% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Alabama public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights, the prediction is 73.9% and the result is 74.6%.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,388 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Jefferson County number 181, with about 97,401 students.
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge is about 1.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (449) to 2024-25 (451). By 2024-25, the school had 16.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Vestavia Hills City
- Vestavia Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Pizitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,131 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary EastElementary · 771 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary WestElementary · 691 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly RidgeElementary · 657 students
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman CampusHigh · 548 students
Other schools in Vestavia Hills
- Vestavia Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary EastElementary · 771 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary WestElementary · 691 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly RidgeElementary · 657 students
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman CampusHigh · 548 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty ParkElementary · 546 students
Nearby schools
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge1.6 mi · 657
- Brookwood Forest Elementary School2.2 mi · 579
- Mountain Brook Elementary School2.8 mi · 551
- Vestavia Hills Elementary East2.8 mi · 771
- Mountain Brook Junior High School3.0 mi · 1,005
- Mountain Brook High School3.1 mi · 985
Frequently asked questions
About Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba HeightsHow large is Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights?
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights serve?
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights.
What is the student diversity at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights?
Student demographics at Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights are roughly 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights in?
Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is part of Vestavia Hills City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.