Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights

Located at 4401 Dolly Ridge Road, in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is an average-sized primary school that enrolls 451 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Vestavia Hills City.

Across the 9 schools in Vestavia Hills City (6,934 students total), Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights shows that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.9%, the actual is 74.6%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights is one.

The closest other public school is Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights. On composite proficiency, Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba Heights's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 451). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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