📍 1580 Patton Chapel Road, Hoover, Jefferson County, 35226
Gwin Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hoover, Jefferson County. The school has 515 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hoover City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
Gwin Elementary School enrolls 515 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 26% Black or African American and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 261 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 134 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 18% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
226 of the school's 515 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gwin Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-60.
Gwin Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Hoover City, based in Hoover, Alabama. The district serves 13,632 students district-wide and employs 949 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 515 students, Gwin Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 757 students per school.
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