📍 3400 Brown Cir, Brighton, Jefferson County, 35020
Brighton School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brighton, Jefferson County. The school has 365 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
Brighton School enrolls 365 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 198 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 148 | 41% |
| White | 11 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 365 students (89%) 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.
Brighton 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-70.
Brighton School is one of 57 schools in Jefferson County, based in Birmingham, Alabama. The district serves 35,444 students district-wide and employs 1,940 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 365 students, Brighton School is smaller than the district average of about 622 students per school.