📍 725 Mountain Dr, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35206
Christian School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 633 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
Christian School enrolls 633 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 569 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 4.4% |
| White | 21 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
392 of the school's 633 students (62%) 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.
Christian School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-70.
Christian School is one of 49 schools in Birmingham City, based in Birmingham, Alabama. The district serves 20,954 students district-wide and employs 1,115 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 633 students, Christian School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.