📍 1115 11th Street South, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35205
Glen Iris Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 731 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
Glen Iris Elementary School enrolls 731 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 479 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 29% |
| White | 13 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
571 of the school's 731 students (78%) 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.
Glen Iris Elementary 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.
Glen Iris Elementary 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 731 students, Glen Iris Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.
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