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Hudson KEight School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

675^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Hudson KEight School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Birmingham City School District in Alabama. With 554 students, the school faces significant challenges, including high rates of poverty, chronic absenteeism, and low academic achievement.

Hudson KEight School's academic performance is significantly below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 3.17% of 3rd graders were proficient in math, compared to 26.51% in the Birmingham City district and 45.47% statewide. The school also has extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 13.6% to 35% over the past few years, much higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, 93.68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty population.

While the nearby schools in the Birmingham City district, such as Tuggle Elementary, Hayes K8, and Inglenook School, also struggle with low academic performance and high poverty rates, they generally outperform Hudson KEight School on key metrics. Addressing the underlying issues at Hudson KEight School, such as resource availability, student and family support, and school climate and culture, will be crucial for improving student outcomes.

580

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,971

Per pupil spending ?

87.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3300 F L Shuttlesworth Dr
Birmingham, AL 35207-3758

(205) 231-3000

District: Birmingham City

Students who attend Hudson KEight School usually attend:

High:

George Washington Carver High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

81.2%

Hispanic:

16.2%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (14% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 12% Alabama)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg26%

Alabama avg47%

Elementary school

675^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

419^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	4.8	675 of 680	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.0	679 of 684	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	640 of 680	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	673 of 687	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.8	687 of 692	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	659 of 681	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.2	678 of 680	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.2	683 of 688	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.0	682 of 691	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.5	666 of 691	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	10.5	661 of 695	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	67.4	216 of 696	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	76.5	108 of 696	84.5%	★★★★☆
2011	50.9	424 of 709	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	44.4	477 of 704	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	19.1	636 of 696	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	23.2	618 of 698	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	4.1	687 of 698	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	5.5	685 of 689	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	2.3	688 of 688	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	8.5	605 of 623	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	422 of 427	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	416 of 420	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	393 of 427	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	412 of 426	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.7	424 of 426	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	399 of 426	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	420 of 423	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	5.5	642 of 649	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.0	642 of 650	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	602 of 645	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	642 of 656	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	655 of 656	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	634 of 646	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.9	639 of 640	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	4.9	637 of 639	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	6.3	653 of 660	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.8	666 of 670	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	575 of 623	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	628 of 651	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	650 of 653	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	620 of 649	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.1	648 of 651	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.9	560 of 567	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	5.3	646 of 651	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.2	650 of 655	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	614 of 649	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	655 of 669	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.1	652 of 669	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.1	627 of 650	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.1	645 of 650	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.8	625 of 639	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2021	15.0	388 of 398	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	387 of 392	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	334 of 344	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.7	279 of 280	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	419 of 439	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	423 of 442	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	394 of 437	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	382 of 432	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	439 of 440	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.4	398 of 437	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.8	415 of 423	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.5	412 of 432	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.3	389 of 432	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.4	352 of 430	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	11.3	402 of 438	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	48.3	279 of 436	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	56.3	212 of 436	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	66.6	144 of 435	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	64.4	148 of 435	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	39.9	280 of 425	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	26.8	333 of 417	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	17.1	365 of 412	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	14.0	381 of 409	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	25.1	338 of 415	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	21.3	343 of 407	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	234 of 259	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	236 of 269	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	212 of 263	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	211 of 271	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	264 of 266	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	193 of 252	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	239 of 247	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	55 of 117	53.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	381 of 415	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	416 of 426	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	382 of 417	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	386 of 423	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.1	415 of 415	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	378 of 399	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.6	386 of 392	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.0	357 of 380	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	146 of 173	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	149 of 164	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	136 of 166	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	406 of 428	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	406 of 437	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	376 of 410	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	369 of 421	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	413 of 415	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	350 of 396	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.7	383 of 396	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.6	334 of 349	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	8.8	409 of 422	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	401 of 428	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	375 of 419	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.8	384 of 427	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	413 of 418	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	345 of 399	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.3	383 of 397	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.2	369 of 380	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2023	15.6	278 of 281	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	253 of 256	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.6	266 of 274	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	52.9	95 of 254	62.6%	★★★☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Special Education (2021)3rd percentile~ school

African American (2025)1st percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)53rd percentile+48 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+11 vs school

African American (2025)10th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2023)1st percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English26%-34 vs state

Science9%-33 vs state

Mathematics3%-32 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 Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hudson KEight School	Public	PK, KG-8	3300 F L Shuttlesworth Dr	Birmingham	35207	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-3000	580	30	19.3	87.1%	3 (0.5%)	471 (81.2%)	94 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.7%)	4.8	675^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.7%		5	679^th of 684 public elementary schools	0.7%	4	3.2	7.7	0.0	4.6	3.5	0.0	7.9	10.3	24.2	35.9	20.0	17.2	28.9	30.3	$11,971	$2,759	$9,210
Norwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3136 Norwood Blvd	Birmingham	35234	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-3440	261	14	18.6	77.8%	2 (0.8%)	221 (84.7%)	33 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	20.8	536^th of 680 public elementary schools	21.2%		12.1	615^th of 684 public elementary schools	10.1%	79	47.5	22.2	21.9				11.1		51.2	27.9	38.7				$11,542	$2,602	$8,937
Inglenook School	Public	PK, KG-8	4120 Inglenook Street	Birmingham	35217	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-3310	312	14	22.2	79.2%	5 (1.6%)	211 (67.6%)	88 (28.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	12.2	620^th of 680 public elementary schools	8.8%		17.3	568^th of 684 public elementary schools	17.0%	52	21.9	14.3	25.0	2.6	7.1	0.0	17.2	3.1	25.8	35.7	46.9	25.6	7.4	19.4	$10,391	$1,715	$8,673
Phillips Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2316 7th Avenue North	Birmingham	35203	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-9500	609	33	18.4	56.2%	4 (0.7%)	580 (95.2%)	16 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	68	212^th of 680 public elementary schools	68.8%		73.8	165^th of 684 public elementary schools	75.9%	47	41.5	48.6	76.8	82.5	60.9	50.0	14.3	49.3	70.8	58.6	80.4	87.5	92.4	79.4	$10,154	$1,011	$9,140
Tarrant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1269 Portland St	Tarrant	35217	Jefferson County	Tarrant City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 841-7541	307	18	17.0	76.9%	5 (1.6%)	136 (44.3%)	156 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)								(n/a)															$11,779	$2,309	$9,465
Engle Day Treatment	Public	1-7	2015 Park Place N	Birmingham	35203	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	No	(205) 231-4776																			(n/a)
Homebound Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2015 Park Place	Birmingham	35203	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	No	(205) 231-4777																			(n/a)
Tuggle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	412 12th Ct N	Birmingham	35204	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-2675	423	18	23.5	74.7%	2 (0.5%)	293 (69.3%)	122 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	16.3	576^th of 680 public elementary schools	15.3%		13.5	594^th of 684 public elementary schools	13.2%	18	20.0	23.3	31.9				18.3		39.1	28.3	42.3				$10,447	$2,625	$7,821
Hayes K8	Public	PK, KG-8	505 43rd Street North	Birmingham	35222	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-8900	693	42	16.5	83.4%	6 (0.9%)	550 (79.4%)	131 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	4.1	679^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.1%		4.2	682^nd of 684 public elementary schools	0.3%	3	2.7	7.0	5.5	1.5	3.9	4.4	10.0	10.3	29.0	18.6	25.7	15.6	24.5	12.1	$9,683	$1,714	$7,967
Tarrant Intermediate School	Public	3-6	1 Wildcat Drive	Tarrant	35217	Jefferson County	Tarrant City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 849-0168	404	22	18.3	77.5%	8 (2.0%)	180 (44.6%)	199 (49.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	8 (2.0%)	10.2	636^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.5%		10.2	641^st of 684 public elementary schools	6.3%	5	17.8	22.0	11.7	7.7			12.0		34.3	33.0	31.5	33.3			$9,871	$2,281	$7,585

Frequently Asked Questions about Hudson KEight School

What schools do graduates of Hudson KEight School attend?

Students who attend Hudson KEight School usually go on to attend:

High : George Washington Carver High School

What district is Hudson KEight School in?

Birmingham City

How many students attend Hudson KEight School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 580 students attended Hudson KEight School.

Is Hudson KEight School a good school?

Hudson KEight School ranks in the bottom 0.7% of Alabama elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Hudson KEight School?

Students at Hudson KEight School are 81% African American, 16% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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