Avondale Elementary School
4000 8th Ct South
Birmingham AL, 35222, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-7130
Ranking: 
(901 out of 1,064, bottom 15%)*
(901 out of 1,064, bottom 15%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Birmingham City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 32 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 27 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 523 | 476 | 460 | 494 | 530 | 455 | 361 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 54 | 10.3% | 53 | 11.1% | 19 | 4.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 102 | 19.5% | 102 | 21.4% | 94 | 20.4% | 87 | 17.6% | 102 | 19.2% | 84 | 18.5% | 61 | 16.9% |
| Grade 1: | 95 | 18.2% | 83 | 17.4% | 68 | 14.8% | 98 | 19.8% | 100 | 18.9% | 80 | 17.6% | 80 | 22.2% |
| Grade 2: | 97 | 18.5% | 53 | 11.1% | 79 | 17.2% | 78 | 15.8% | 95 | 17.9% | 75 | 16.5% | 70 | 19.4% |
| Grade 3: | 47 | 9.0% | 68 | 14.3% | 66 | 14.3% | 80 | 16.2% | 82 | 15.5% | 84 | 18.5% | 57 | 15.8% |
| Grade 4: | 70 | 13.4% | 52 | 10.9% | 65 | 14.1% | 72 | 14.6% | 86 | 16.2% | 74 | 16.3% | 50 | 13.9% |
| Grade 5: | 58 | 11.1% | 65 | 13.7% | 69 | 15.0% | 79 | 16.0% | 65 | 12.3% | 58 | 12.7% | 43 | 11.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 259 | 49.5% | 220 | 46.2% | 219 | 47.6% | 230 | 46.6% | 251 | 47.4% | 219 | 48.1% | 185 | 51.2% |
| Female: | 264 | 50.5% | 256 | 53.8% | 241 | 52.4% | 264 | 53.4% | 271 | 51.1% | 228 | 50.1% | 172 | 47.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic: | 33 | 6.3% | 36 | 7.6% | 37 | 8.0% | 32 | 6.5% | 39 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.6% | 20 | 5.5% |
| Black: | 432 | 82.6% | 393 | 82.6% | 393 | 85.4% | 433 | 87.7% | 469 | 88.5% | 405 | 89.0% | 333 | 92.2% |
| White: | 46 | 8.8% | 36 | 7.6% | 20 | 4.3% | 23 | 4.7% | 16 | 3.0% | 16 | 3.5% | 7 | 1.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 2.3% | 8 | 1.7% | 6 | 1.3% | 4 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 384 | 73.4% | 358 | 75.2% | 397 | 86.3% | 289 | 58.5% | 446 | 84.2% | 365 | 80.2% | 295 | 81.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 16 | 3.1% | 5 | 1.1% | 12 | 2.6% | 18 | 3.6% | 30 | 5.7% | 30 | 6.6% | 27 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.34 | 14.42 | 15.86 | 15.44 | 17.10 | 12.20 | 13.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 32.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 29.3% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 31.2% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.42% | 24.06% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.86% | 28.8% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 38% | 41.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 43.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 46.3% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 45.18% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 56.49% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 36.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 35.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 35.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.05% | 32.79% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 36.31% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 37.4% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 40% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 37.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.95% | 31.36% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.07% | 36.61% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 24.1% | 42% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 38.9% | 55.7% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 33.7% | 51.7% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 39.1% | 51.1% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 63.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 68.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.86% | 67.97% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40% | 61.13% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 67.78% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.57% | 71.03% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.37% | 75.99% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.13% | 74.73% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 68.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 74.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.36% | 74.27% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.54% | 73.35% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.23% | 75.85% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.44% | 79.76% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.67% | 77.93% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.57% | 79.34% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 61.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64% | 65.9% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 68.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.11% | 66.59% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.55% | 69.15% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 65.4% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.73% | 70.74% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.75% | 73.41% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.54% | 77.47% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 63.4% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66% | 70.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 73.27% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.45% | 73.87% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.64% | 71.51% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.92% | 76.56% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.63% | 77.53% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 77.43% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 63.9% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 69.2% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.57% | 68.95% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.23% | 64.88% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.68% | 69.44% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.08% | 71.23% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 80.5% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.71% | 85.37% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 71.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 70.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.73% | 74.44% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.36% | 71.78% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.46% | 73.4% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.54% | 73.76% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 78.21% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 77.79% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 31.2% | 56% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 69.1% | 82.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 38.8% | 57.3% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 51.47% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.72% | 55.36% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.82% | 61.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 56.15% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.82% | 58.82% | 80.09% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Avondale Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.