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Central Park Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

533^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Central Park Elementary School is a public elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama, serving 390 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Birmingham City School District.

The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years and a 0-star rating in the last two school years. Central Park Elementary significantly underperforms compared to the Birmingham City and Alabama state averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 32.81% of 3rd graders, 23.08% of 4th graders, and 10.94% of 5th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.51% and 45.47% for Birmingham City and Alabama, respectively. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 9.9% to 23.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby Princeton School, a public magnet school, stands out with significantly higher test scores and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, demonstrating the potential for improved academic performance in the area. Additionally, Central Park Elementary's performance for specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students, is relatively better compared to the overall school performance, but still lags behind the state averages for those subgroups.

386

Students ?

16.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,240

Per pupil spending ?

72.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4915 Ave Q
Birmingham, AL 35208

(205) 231-1250

District: Birmingham City

Students who attend Central Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Green Acres Middle School
High:	JacksonOlin High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

78.5%

Hispanic:

19.4%

Two or more races:

1.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (32% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Science scores 35 pts below the Alabama average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg31%

Alabama avg52%

533^rd of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 26Elementary Schools in the Birmingham City

113^th of 135Birmingham City among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	533 of 680	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	596 of 684	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	602 of 680	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	674 of 687	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	673 of 692	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.5	662 of 681	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	628 of 680	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.2	641 of 688	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	18.8	574 of 691	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	5.9	687 of 691	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	5.1	692 of 695	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	8.6	682 of 696	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.8	655 of 696	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	15.8	665 of 709	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	25.0	610 of 704	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	36.9	520 of 696	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	24.4	610 of 698	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	42.0	465 of 698	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.7	514 of 689	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	38.3	487 of 688	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	51.5	319 of 623	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	247 of 427	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.8	329 of 420	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	343 of 427	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	410 of 426	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	410 of 426	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.4	405 of 426	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.8	353 of 423	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	36.0	88 of 131	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	505 of 649	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	540 of 650	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	536 of 645	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	641 of 656	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	633 of 656	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	606 of 646	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	610 of 640	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.5	585 of 639	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	49.2	94 of 206	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	23.1	166 of 196	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.7	103 of 184	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.2	145 of 175	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	506 of 660	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	571 of 670	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	559 of 623	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	639 of 651	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	623 of 653	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	619 of 649	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.1	622 of 651	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.4	538 of 567	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	525 of 651	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	615 of 655	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	602 of 649	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	647 of 669	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.1	653 of 669	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	642 of 650	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	593 of 650	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.3	598 of 639	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	318 of 403	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	379 of 395	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.0	371 of 373	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	335 of 345	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.3	306 of 398	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	335 of 392	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)54th percentile+33 vs school

African American (2025)42nd percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)33rd percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)19th percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English50%-15 vs state

Mathematics22%-20 vs state

Science8%-35 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4915 Ave Q	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1250	386	23	16.7	72.3%	1 (0.3%)	303 (78.5%)	75 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	21.1	533^rd of 680 public elementary schools	21.6%		13.5	596^th of 684 public elementary schools	12.9%	63	32.8	23.1	10.9	7.7	60.3	34.0	54.8	$11,240	$1,956	$9,283
Charles A Brown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4811 Court J	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6860	296	18	16.4	83.1%	0 (0.0%)	276 (93.2%)	19 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18.8	553^rd of 680 public elementary schools	18.7%		24.7	517^th of 684 public elementary schools	24.4%	36	7.0	10.5	21.1	15.8	42.9	52.6	57.9	$11,676	$1,394	$10,280
West End Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1840 Pearson Avenue SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1742	492	28	17.5	76.8%	4 (0.8%)	403 (81.9%)	80 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	7.8	660^th of 680 public elementary schools	2.9%		7.1	665^th of 684 public elementary schools	2.8%	5	10.3	6.1	19.7	10.6	33.3	24.2	39.1	$10,378	$1,589	$8,788
Richard Arrington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2101 Jefferson Avenue SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1130	341	18	18.9	80.4%	5 (1.5%)	292 (85.6%)	41 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	5.3	672^nd of 680 public elementary schools	1.2%		10.7	634^th of 684 public elementary schools	7.3%	38	11.8	6.8	9.4	6.8	32.7	22.7	32.7
Minor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2425 Ave SEnsley	Birmingham	35218	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6555	441	24	18.3	80.3%	2 (0.5%)	392 (88.9%)	38 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	9.9	639^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.0%		13.4	598^th of 684 public elementary schools	12.6%	41	12.8	10.3	9.7	7.4	36.4	40.3	47.5	$12,293	$2,301	$9,991
Robinson Primary School	Public	K-2	301 61st St	Fairfield	35064	Jefferson County	Fairfield City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 783-6827	238	14	17.0	86.6%	0 (0.0%)	220 (92.4%)	11 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)								(n/a)								$12,020	$2,367	$9,535
Princeton School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1425 2nd Ave W	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(205) 231-2500	195	15	13.0	55.4%	0 (0.0%)	194 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	91.3	45^th of 680 public elementary schools	93.4%		81.2	114^th of 684 public elementary schools	83.3%	69	72.4	64.5	78.8	54.8	96.6	83.9	93.9	$12,109	$2,245	$9,861
Hemphill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	714 12th Street SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-7500	353	20	17.6	79.0%	4 (1.1%)	312 (88.4%)	33 (9.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13.3	606^th of 680 public elementary schools	10.9%		14.7	584^th of 684 public elementary schools	14.6%	22	37.5	14.3	11.5	14.3	38.3	37.0	24.0	$11,087	$2,703	$8,383
Wylam Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Erie Street	Birmingham	35224	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6800	399	23	17.3	78.4%	4 (1.0%)	338 (84.7%)	45 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	14.7	590^th of 680 public elementary schools	13.2%		10	645^th of 684 public elementary schools	5.7%	55	27.3	10.0	17.0	11.7	48.4	25.4	52.8	$13,796	$2,962	$10,832
Midfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	416 Parkwood St	Midfield	35228	Jefferson County	Midfield City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 923-7727	377	18	20.9	76.7%	1 (0.3%)	321 (85.1%)	49 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	7.8	658^th of 680 public elementary schools	3.2%		11.8	619^th of 684 public elementary schools	9.5%	39	12.2	14.8		13.1	29.5	32.8		$11,182	$1,903	$9,275

Frequently Asked Questions about Central Park Elementary School

Is Central Park Elementary School a good school?

Central Park Elementary School ranks in the bottom 21.6% of Alabama elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Central Park Elementary School?

Students at Central Park Elementary School are 78% African American, 19% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Central Park Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Central Park Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Green Acres Middle School
High : JacksonOlin High School

What district is Central Park Elementary School in?

Birmingham City

How many students attend Central Park Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 386 students attended Central Park Elementary School.

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