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Greenwood Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

599^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 12% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Greenwood Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Bessemer, Alabama, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 295 students. The school is part of the Bessemer City School District, which is ranked 131 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Greenwood Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Alabama elementary schools, with a ranking between 581-657 out of 680-692 schools over the past 5-6 years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 14.63% of 3rd graders, 15.69% of 4th graders, and 9.8% of 5th graders proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state averages of 45.47%, 41.76%, and 39.31%, respectively. The school's performance lags behind the nearby Charles F. Hard Elementary School and Westhills Elementary School, which are also part of the Bessemer City School District, as well as the higher-performing schools in the Shelby County and Hoover City school districts.

Greenwood Elementary School has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with 76.27% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 13.4% to 33.1% over the past few years, which is well above the state average. While the school's per-student spending of $10,779 in 2018-2019 is comparable to the nearby Bessemer City schools, it is lower than the higher-performing schools in the Shelby County and Hoover City districts, which spent $12,555 to $14,768 per student.

290

Students ?

22.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,779

Per pupil spending ?

71.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5012 Roselyn Road Southeast
Bessemer, AL 35022

(205) 432-3201

District: Bessemer City

Students who attend Greenwood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Bessemer City Middle School
High:	Bessemer City High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.2%

Hispanic:

38.3%

White:

3.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (27% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg24%

Alabama avg52%

599^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Elementary Schools in the Bessemer City

131^st of 135Bessemer 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	13.8	599 of 680	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	657 of 684	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.8	657 of 680	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	631 of 687	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.5	581 of 692	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	557 of 681	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.4	490 of 680	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.4	557 of 688	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.5	547 of 691	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.3	551 of 691	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	19.2	591 of 695	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	40.7	511 of 696	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	37.2	530 of 696	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.9	583 of 709	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	25.7	605 of 704	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	43.2	456 of 696	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	32.2	551 of 698	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	35.2	523 of 698	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	41.9	447 of 689	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	40.2	476 of 688	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	54.4	298 of 623	52.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	371 of 427	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	384 of 420	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	421 of 427	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	408 of 426	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.0	340 of 426	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	300 of 426	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.7	177 of 423	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	47.7	158 of 336	53.0%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	41.3	81 of 142	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.6	101 of 131	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.1	74 of 123	39.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.9	553 of 649	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	609 of 650	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	619 of 645	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	627 of 656	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	539 of 656	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	519 of 646	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.1	489 of 640	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.5	543 of 639	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	152 of 206	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	187 of 196	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	170 of 184	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	144 of 175	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.2	126 of 164	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	135 of 152	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.5	70 of 140	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2017	26.4	106 of 130	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	583 of 660	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	640 of 670	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	615 of 623	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	640 of 651	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	563 of 653	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.9	485 of 649	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.2	373 of 651	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	22.2	463 of 567	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	582 of 651	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	638 of 655	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.8	628 of 649	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	575 of 669	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	556 of 669	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	551 of 650	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.9	453 of 650	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	27.7	470 of 639	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2021	7.3	53 of 54	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	491 of 532	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.1	508 of 535	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.5	522 of 528	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.5	537 of 540	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	496 of 539	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	511 of 529	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)43rd percentile+31 vs school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2025)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school

Male (2025)11th percentile~ school

White (2025)8th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)2nd percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English43%-21 vs state

Science18%-25 vs state

Mathematics13%-29 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
Greenwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5012 Roselyn Road Southeast	Bessemer	35022	Jefferson County	Bessemer City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 432-3201	290	13	22.3	71.7%	11 (3.8%)	160 (55.2%)	111 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	13.8	599^th of 680 public elementary schools	11.9%		9	657^th of 684 public elementary schools	3.9%	58	14.6	15.7	9.8	17.7	33.3	39.6	56.5	$10,779	$1,968	$8,795
Brocks Gap Intermediate School	Public	2-5	1730 Lake Cyrus Club Drive	Hoover	35244	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	No	(205) 439-1600	521	35	14.8	20.0%	276 (53.0%)	124 (23.8%)	33 (6.3%)	49 (9.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.3%)	92.6	34^th of 680 public elementary schools	95.0%		93.5	33^rd of 684 public elementary schools	95.2%	1	75.5	73.0	71.2	64.4	87.0	87.4	89.7	$14,065	$1,054	$13,011
South Shades Crest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	3770 South Shades Crest Rd	Hoover	35244	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	No	(205) 439-3000	534	36	15.0	18.2%	307 (57.5%)	95 (17.8%)	31 (5.8%)	79 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.1%)								(n/a)								$14,768	$1,031	$13,736
Jonesboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	125 Owen Ave	Bessemer	35020	Jefferson County	Bessemer City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 432-3400	474	28	16.9	78.1%	10 (2.1%)	304 (64.1%)	153 (32.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	15	587^th of 680 public elementary schools	13.7%		10.8	633^rd of 684 public elementary schools	7.5%	46	14.1	4.4	35.9	5.9	34.3	37.3	50.9	$10,734	$2,973	$7,745
McCalla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2020 McCalla School Road	Bessemer	35022	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-3750	752	41	18.5	54.4%	171 (22.7%)	420 (55.9%)	128 (17.0%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.5%)	46.5	378^th of 680 public elementary schools	44.4%		40.1	431^st of 684 public elementary schools	37.0%	53	43.9	40.4	27.5	34.0	63.2	52.8	71.0	$12,104	$1,389	$10,686
Westhills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	710 Glenn Rd	Bessemer	35022	Jefferson County	Bessemer City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 432-3500	277	16	17.3	74.0%	4 (1.4%)	236 (85.2%)	33 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	9.8	640^th of 680 public elementary schools	5.9%		11.4	623^rd of 684 public elementary schools	8.9%	17	13.2	6.8	14.6	18.2	37.1	34.9	41.5	$14,067	$2,370	$11,681
Deer Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4990 Ross Bridge Parkway	Hoover	35226	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	No	(205) 439-3300	735	54	13.7	15.4%	404 (55.0%)	138 (18.8%)	35 (4.8%)	98 (13.3%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.6%)	92.1	36^th of 680 public elementary schools	94.7%		95	23^rd of 684 public elementary schools	96.6%	13	69.5	79.0	64.3	75.2	82.8	84.2	94.4	$9,694	$573	$9,120
Helena Intermediate School	Public	3-5	3500 Hwy 52	Helena	35080	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-5520	955	53	18.0	28.8%	690 (72.3%)	121 (12.7%)	95 (9.9%)	13 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.5%)	81.4	104^th of 680 public elementary schools	84.7%		83.6	92^nd of 684 public elementary schools	86.5%	12	59.0	54.5	63.5	54.8	83.2	72.9	82.7	$8,594	$704	$7,874
Trace Crossings Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5454 Learning Lane	Hoover	35244	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 439-2700	769	54	14.3	37.5%	321 (41.7%)	223 (29.0%)	80 (10.4%)	83 (10.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.8%)	85.6	80^th of 680 public elementary schools	88.2%		83.6	94^th of 684 public elementary schools	86.3%	14	60.8	66.4	63.5	62.1	77.9	80.7	84.4	$12,555	$1,321	$11,233
Charles F Hard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Arlington Ave	Bessemer	35020	Jefferson County	Bessemer City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 432-3300	364	19	19.1	80.8%	3 (0.8%)	316 (86.8%)	27 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.4%)	4.6	676^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.6%		5.8	674^th of 684 public elementary schools	1.5%	2	9.1	4.9	7.6	0.0	35.9	17.5	34.6	$11,340	$1,980	$9,345

Frequently Asked Questions about Greenwood Elementary School

How many students attend Greenwood Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 290 students attended Greenwood Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Greenwood Elementary School?

Students at Greenwood Elementary School are 55% African American, 38% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

Is Greenwood Elementary School a good school?

Greenwood Elementary School ranks in the bottom 11.9% of Alabama elementary schools.

What district is Greenwood Elementary School in?

Bessemer City

What schools do graduates of Greenwood Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Greenwood Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bessemer City Middle School
High : Bessemer City High School

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