📍 2020 McCalla School Road, Bessemer, Jefferson County, 35022
McCalla Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bessemer, Jefferson County. The school has 697 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
McCalla Elementary School enrolls 697 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 25% White and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 382 | 55% |
| White | 175 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 113 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
480 of the school's 697 students (69%) 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.
McCalla Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
McCalla Elementary 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 697 students, McCalla Elementary School is close to the district average of about 622 students per school.
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