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Sun Valley Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 611 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Sun Valley Elementary School enrolls 611 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 586 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
501 of the school's 611 students (82%) 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.
Sun Valley 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.
Sun Valley 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 611 students, Sun Valley Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.
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