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Oak Mountain Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 3

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
5640 Cahaba Valley Rd
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone
(205) 682-5230
District
SHELBY COUNTY
County
SHELBY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
705
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.3% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Oak Mountain Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
69%
45%
65%
51%
72%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
19
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 45 6.4%
Kindergarten 160 22.7%
Grade 1 148 21.0%
Grade 2 186 26.4%
Grade 3 166 23.5%
Total 705 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 75.3% 70.0% 54.3%
Black 10.5% 17.7% 32.9%
Hispanic 10.0% 9.9% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.5% 1.9% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.0% 28.4% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 13.5% 23.9% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 4.5% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 134,901 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 172.5 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 49,307 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.5% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.5% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.7% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.9% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.5% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.6% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.6% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,990 $125,736,090 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $631 $13,245,321 5.7%
Staff $528 $11,083,248 4.8%
General Administration $126 $2,644,866 1.1%
School Administration $645 $13,539,195 5.8%
Operation $982 $20,613,162 8.9%
Transportation $680 $14,273,880 6.2%
Other $158 $3,316,578 1.4%
Total Support $3,750 $78,716,250 34.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,305 $27,393,255 11.8%
Total Expenditures $11,045 $231,845,595 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%