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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VESTAVIA HILLS CITY·NCES 010343001303
Vestavia Hills Elementary West
1965 Merryvale Rd, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 · (205) 402-5151 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
93 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
42%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
90.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
72.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% 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 West
Vestavia Hills Elementary West's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Hills Elementary West this school | 691 | 13.5% | 81.0% |
| Rock Quarry Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 671 | 13.4% | 76.7% |
| Greystone Elementary School Hoover | 438 | 15.5% | 83.9% |
| Brocks Gap Intermediate School Hoover | 521 | 20.0% | 77.4% |
| Oak Mountain Elementary School Birmingham | 675 | 22.2% | 79.4% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park Vestavia Hills | 546 | 4.9% | 83.3% |
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 West ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #25 of 626 | #10 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #37 of 626 | #13 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #24 of 626 | #10 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #111 of 709 | #18 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #164 of 655 | #24 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #384 of 658 | #43 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #683 of 696 | #88 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #190 of 364 | #38 of 58 |
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
691
-80 (-10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 691 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 13% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 15% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 771 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 9% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 10% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 37 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vestavia Hills Elementary West.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (779 to 691); teachers down 4% (46 to 44).
About Vestavia Hills Elementary West
This page covers Vestavia Hills Elementary West, a medium-sized elementary school in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 691 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students.
Vestavia Hills City serves 6,934 students across 9 schools.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at Vestavia Hills Elementary West. Other groups make up 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Jefferson County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Vestavia Hills Elementary West belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Vestavia Hills Elementary West counts 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.7 students for each one. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is higher than this school's figure. About 13% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 52% for public schools in Jefferson County.
Vestavia Hills Elementary West's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (81.0%) and its predicted rate (74.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Across Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 181 and enroll about 97,401.
Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus is the public school closest to Vestavia Hills Elementary West, about 0.9 miles away. Vestavia Hills Elementary West has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Vestavia Hills Elementary West ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.0% against a local average of 74.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Vestavia Hills Elementary West saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 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 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 Dolly RidgeElementary · 657 students
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman CampusHigh · 548 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty ParkElementary · 546 students
Other schools in Vestavia Hills
- Vestavia Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary EastElementary · 771 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly RidgeElementary · 657 students
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman CampusHigh · 548 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty ParkElementary · 546 students
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Cahaba HeightsElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Vestavia Hills High School Freshman Campus0.9 mi · 548
- Vestavia Hills High School1.1 mi · 1,625
- Vestavia Hills Elementary East1.1 mi · 771
- Pizitz Middle School1.3 mi · 1,131
- Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge1.8 mi · 657
- Homewood High School1.9 mi · 1,333
Frequently asked questions
About Vestavia Hills Elementary WestHow many students attend Vestavia Hills Elementary West?
Vestavia Hills Elementary West enrolls approximately 691 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vestavia Hills Elementary West serve?
Vestavia Hills Elementary West serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vestavia Hills Elementary West?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vestavia Hills Elementary West is approximately 15.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Vestavia Hills Elementary West?
Vestavia Hills Elementary West reports a student body of 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Vestavia Hills Elementary West in?
Vestavia Hills Elementary West is part of Vestavia Hills City.
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