Gresham Elementary School
2650 Gresham Dr Birmingham AL, 35243, Jefferson County Phone: 205-379-3830 Ranking:  (470 out of 1,064, top 44%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Jefferson County 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: | 26 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 377 | 384 | 341 | 342 | 346 | 326 | 292 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 72 | 19.1% | 78 | 20.3% | 57 | 16.7% | 43 | 12.6% | 67 | 19.4% | 65 | 19.9% | 47 | 16.1% |
| Grade 1: | 73 | 19.4% | 63 | 16.4% | 52 | 15.2% | 64 | 18.7% | 61 | 17.6% | 50 | 15.3% | 48 | 16.4% |
| Grade 2: | 54 | 14.3% | 54 | 14.1% | 62 | 18.2% | 67 | 19.6% | 59 | 17.1% | 46 | 14.1% | 45 | 15.4% |
| Grade 3: | 57 | 15.1% | 67 | 17.4% | 57 | 16.7% | 53 | 15.5% | 51 | 14.7% | 50 | 15.3% | 58 | 19.9% |
| Grade 4: | 63 | 16.7% | 57 | 14.8% | 58 | 17.0% | 58 | 17.0% | 52 | 15.0% | 56 | 17.2% | 55 | 18.8% |
| Grade 5: | 58 | 15.4% | 65 | 16.9% | 55 | 16.1% | 57 | 16.7% | 56 | 16.2% | 59 | 18.1% | 39 | 13.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 178 | 47.2% | 189 | 49.2% | 171 | 50.1% | 170 | 49.7% | 149 | 43.1% | 141 | 43.3% | 129 | 44.2% |
| Female: | 199 | 52.8% | 195 | 50.8% | 170 | 49.9% | 172 | 50.3% | 181 | 52.3% | 177 | 54.3% | 159 | 54.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 6 | 1.6% | 13 | 3.4% | 6 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.5% | 3 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.5% | 8 | 2.7% |
| Hispanic: | 51 | 13.5% | 53 | 13.8% | 44 | 12.9% | 42 | 12.3% | 35 | 10.1% | 24 | 7.4% | 17 | 5.8% |
| Black: | 249 | 66.0% | 249 | 64.8% | 226 | 66.3% | 209 | 61.1% | 207 | 59.8% | 198 | 60.7% | 171 | 58.6% |
| White: | 60 | 15.9% | 52 | 13.5% | 53 | 15.5% | 79 | 23.1% | 92 | 26.6% | 98 | 30.1% | 94 | 32.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.5% | 5 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 9 | 2.4% | 12 | 3.1% | 8 | 2.3% | 5 | 1.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 278 | 73.7% | 249 | 64.8% | 232 | 68.0% | 214 | 62.6% | 189 | 54.6% | 160 | 49.1% | 155 | 53.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 17 | 4.5% | 32 | 8.3% | 30 | 8.8% | 29 | 8.5% | 41 | 11.8% | 29 | 8.9% | 36 | 12.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.39 | 13.71 | 14.21 | 12.57 | 16.80 | 12.80 | 11.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 51.7% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 43% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 47% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 37.96% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.66% | 36.55% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 62.1% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 61.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 63% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.42% | 61.22% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.79% | 65.34% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 48.7% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 45.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 49.9% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.39% | 43.75% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 44.47% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 44.2% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 42.9% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 50.7% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.97% | 39.22% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.72% | 39.69% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 72.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 68.71% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 73.6% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.79% | 77.93% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.39% | 81.91% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.23% | 86.57% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.74% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 81.7% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 80.3% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.15% | 81.62% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.49% | 81.59% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.79% | 80.07% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.23% | 82.07% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.23% | 83.18% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 87.93% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 72.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 71.6% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 73.6% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 74.37% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 74% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.24% | 77.14% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.11% | 80.93% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.58% | 84.62% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 88.2% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 79.2% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 84.9% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 82.3% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.13% | 83.34% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.93% | 83.07% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 84.52% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.11% | 83.51% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 85.8% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.66% | 87.67% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 73.6% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 73.8% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.42% | 69.34% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.93% | 75.27% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.26% | 79.74% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.93% | 83.05% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.53% | 90.47% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.37% | 92.59% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 82.7% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 80% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.33% | 82.11% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.05% | 83.18% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.87% | 83.43% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 85.09% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.83% | 87.39% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.73% | 88.39% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.98% | 66.84% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.67% | 70.15% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 75.29% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.97% | 73.96% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.45% | 74.86% | 80.09% |
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* Gresham Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.