📍 1212 Cheyenne Boulevard, Birmingham, Jefferson County, 35215
Huffman Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The school has 735 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Birmingham City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Huffman Academy enrolls 735 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 636 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 77 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
582 of the school's 735 students (79%) 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.
Huffman Academy 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.
Huffman Academy 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 735 students, Huffman Academy is larger than the district average of about 428 students per school.