Summary
Robinson Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Birmingham, Alabama, with 374 students. The school is part of the Birmingham City School District, which is ranked 113 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Robinson Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Alabama elementary schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 565-663 out of around 680-690 schools.
The school faces significant challenges, with low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high-poverty student population. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 22.81% of 3rd graders, 10.91% of 4th graders, and 14% of 5th graders were proficient or better in math, compared to 26.51% and 45.47% for the Birmingham City and Alabama state averages, respectively. The school's English proficiency rates are slightly better but still lag behind the district and state. Additionally, Robinson Elementary has had very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 13.6% to 23.3% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.
These issues are not unique to Robinson Elementary but are prevalent across many schools in the Birmingham City district. The nearby schools, such as Inglenook School, Huffman Academy, and Oliver K5 School, also perform poorly and have similar low rankings, chronic absenteeism, and high poverty rates. However, the nearby Christian School, a public magnet school, significantly outperforms Robinson Elementary and other nearby schools, with much higher proficiency rates and a higher state ranking, despite serving a student population with a lower percentage of free/reduced-price lunch recipients.
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