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Washington K8

Public Grades PK, KG-8
494th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools
Better than 28% of Alabama elementary schools
Summary

Washington K8 is a public school in Birmingham, AL, serving 617 students in grades PK-8 as part of the Birmingham City district. The school has made a remarkable turnaround over the past decade, climbing from the bottom 1% of Alabama schools in 2015-2016 to the 28th percentile today, and it now serves a student body where about 75% of families qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The school's most impressive achievement is its dramatic improvement in attendance. Chronic absenteeism has dropped from 13% in 2021-2022 to just 3.7% in 2024-2025—far below the district average of 13.1% and the state average of 12.0%. This rate rivals some of the highest-performing schools in the area, including EPIC Alternative Elementary School (0.5%) and Princeton School (0.5%). Washington K8 also shows notable strengths for specific student groups, ranking in the 59th percentile statewide for African American students and the 62nd-64th percentile for English Language Learners—both significantly better than its overall ranking.

However, the school faces a significant challenge in middle school mathematics. While 4th grade math proficiency reached an extraordinary 73.91% in 2025-2026—more than triple the district average and well above the state's 42.07%—this success doesn't carry forward. By 7th and 8th grade, math proficiency falls to just 5-7%, far below state averages. This pattern has persisted for three consecutive years, suggesting a systemic issue in upper-grade math instruction. English Language Arts performance is comparatively stronger, roughly matching district averages in most grades. Nearby schools like Phillips Academy (65th percentile) and Glen Iris Elementary School (15th percentile) show the range of outcomes within the district, while Edgewood Elementary School in the Homewood City district (98th percentile) demonstrates how different socioeconomic contexts can shape results. Washington K8's trajectory suggests that its focus on attendance and early-grade interventions is working, but targeted support for middle school math remains the most pressing priority.

617
Students ?
20.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,393
Per pupil spending ?
74.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 115 Fourth Avenue South
       Birmingham, AL  35205

(205) 231-7740

District: Birmingham City


Students who attend Washington K8 usually attend:

High:    Parker High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
62.4%
Hispanic:
35.2%
Two or more races:
1.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2016 → 28th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 27 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Alabama average (32% vs 49% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Science scores 26 pts below the Alabama average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg28%
Alabama avg49%
Elementary school
494th of 686
Alabama public elementary schools ?
Bottom 28%▲ up 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 1% (2016) to bottom 28% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
384th of 449
Alabama public middle schools ?
Bottom 14%▲ up 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 14% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Alabama Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 26Elementary Schools in the Birmingham City
118th of 140Birmingham 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202628.8494 of 68628.0%★☆☆☆☆
202539.4428 of 68037.1%★★☆☆☆
202420.6544 of 68420.5%★☆☆☆☆
202320.2540 of 68020.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.0563 of 68718.0%★☆☆☆☆
202116.0586 of 69215.3%★☆☆☆☆
20196.0668 of 6811.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.9656 of 6803.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.0687 of 6880.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.0687 of 6910.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.3677 of 6912.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.4675 of 6952.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20133.7691 of 6960.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.5670 of 6963.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201123.0628 of 70911.4%★☆☆☆☆
201042.4497 of 70429.4%★☆☆☆☆
200931.0557 of 69620.0%★☆☆☆☆
200821.4631 of 6989.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200724.1599 of 69814.2%★☆☆☆☆
20069.4673 of 6892.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200510.3672 of 6882.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20042.1621 of 6230.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202652.6174 of 42859.3%★★★☆☆
202559.3140 of 42767.2%★★★☆☆
202445.2205 of 42051.2%★★★☆☆
202340.9236 of 42744.7%★★☆☆☆
202230.2311 of 42627.0%★☆☆☆☆
202123.1357 of 42616.2%★☆☆☆☆
201918.6396 of 4267.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.5392 of 4237.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.6335 of 3360.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202652.054 of 14362.2%★★★☆☆
202557.251 of 14264.1%★★★☆☆
202439.775 of 13142.7%★★☆☆☆
202327.2101 of 12317.9%★☆☆☆☆
202263.129 of 11073.6%★★★★☆
202146.042 of 10058.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202632.4459 of 65129.5%★☆☆☆☆
202544.4380 of 64941.4%★★☆☆☆
202424.9498 of 65023.4%★☆☆☆☆
202319.4530 of 64517.8%★☆☆☆☆
202212.3599 of 6568.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.4596 of 6569.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.1643 of 6460.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.9590 of 6407.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.5634 of 6390.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202547.6103 of 20650.0%★★★☆☆
202422.7170 of 19613.3%★☆☆☆☆
202332.8129 of 18429.9%★★☆☆☆
202247.190 of 17548.6%★★★☆☆
202122.7142 of 16413.4%★☆☆☆☆
201913.4143 of 1525.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.8137 of 1402.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.2129 of 1300.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202638.2433 of 66735.1%★★☆☆☆
202550.1338 of 66048.8%★★☆☆☆
202430.4490 of 67026.9%★☆☆☆☆
202324.8489 of 62321.5%★☆☆☆☆
202224.7512 of 65121.4%★☆☆☆☆
202121.0533 of 65318.4%★☆☆☆☆
201910.0625 of 6493.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.2626 of 6513.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.7565 of 5670.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202626.4486 of 65926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202536.1427 of 65134.4%★★☆☆☆
202419.3531 of 65518.9%★☆☆☆☆
202323.8499 of 64923.1%★☆☆☆☆
202226.5490 of 66926.8%★☆☆☆☆
202119.6532 of 66920.5%★☆☆☆☆
201911.8602 of 6507.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.0624 of 6504.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.1639 of 6390.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202617.4168 of 19313.0%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202539.034 of 5335.8%★★☆☆☆
202425.350 of 5915.3%★☆☆☆☆
202317.354 of 575.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202233.445 of 6530.8%★★☆☆☆
202124.054 of 6314.3%★☆☆☆☆
201910.955 of 585.2%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202615.9384 of 44914.5%★☆☆☆☆
202517.6373 of 43915.0%★☆☆☆☆
202416.4371 of 44216.1%★☆☆☆☆
202312.4393 of 43710.1%★☆☆☆☆
202212.0386 of 43210.6%★☆☆☆☆
202114.8385 of 44012.5%★☆☆☆☆
201910.2402 of 4378.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.5411 of 4232.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.1426 of 4321.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.6414 of 4324.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20159.9400 of 4307.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201417.5363 of 43817.1%★☆☆☆☆
201310.8418 of 4364.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.6423 of 4363.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201112.5396 of 4359.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.8408 of 4356.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.4411 of 4253.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200820.4364 of 41712.7%★☆☆☆☆
200725.8327 of 41220.6%★☆☆☆☆
200613.8383 of 4096.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200517.1370 of 41510.8%★☆☆☆☆
20049.0387 of 4074.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202633.6175 of 26934.9%★★☆☆☆
202535.8165 of 25936.3%★★☆☆☆
202434.2171 of 26936.4%★★☆☆☆
202324.2224 of 26314.8%★☆☆☆☆
202221.7238 of 27112.2%★☆☆☆☆
202129.4192 of 26627.8%★☆☆☆☆
201925.3216 of 25214.3%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9212 of 24714.2%★☆☆☆☆
201715.9196 of 2054.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202646.644 of 10357.3%★★★☆☆
202548.842 of 11764.1%★★★☆☆
202440.252 of 10650.9%★★★☆☆
202333.666 of 9429.8%★★☆☆☆
202239.148 of 8140.7%★★☆☆☆
202136.451 of 7027.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.725 of 250.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201730.910 of 1323.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202616.2369 of 42713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202517.5357 of 41514.0%★☆☆☆☆
202413.4378 of 42611.3%★☆☆☆☆
202310.2393 of 4175.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.8406 of 4234.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.0397 of 4154.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.1361 of 3999.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.7356 of 3929.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.2378 of 3800.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202628.163 of 8223.2%★☆☆☆☆
202528.0131 of 17324.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.8131 of 16420.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.9144 of 16613.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.1143 of 1578.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.5139 of 1549.7%★☆☆☆☆
201920.7106 of 12414.5%★☆☆☆☆
201811.8110 of 1132.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20176.9107 of 1080.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202623.2351 of 43819.9%★☆☆☆☆
202523.7347 of 42818.9%★☆☆☆☆
202422.4354 of 43719.0%★☆☆☆☆
202315.3377 of 4108.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.2377 of 42110.5%★☆☆☆☆
202125.7322 of 41522.4%★☆☆☆☆
201914.2361 of 3968.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.6389 of 3961.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202615.9367 of 42613.8%★☆☆☆☆
202518.5351 of 42216.8%★☆☆☆☆
202420.1352 of 42817.8%★☆☆☆☆
202316.0358 of 41914.6%★☆☆☆☆
202216.4368 of 42713.8%★☆☆☆☆
202120.5339 of 41818.9%★☆☆☆☆
20199.6376 of 3995.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.9385 of 3973.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.2370 of 3802.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202622.4117 of 14619.9%★☆☆☆☆
20256.191 of 921.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202534.242 of 6636.4%★★☆☆☆
202430.447 of 6931.9%★★☆☆☆
202318.755 of 619.8%★☆☆☆☆
202215.663 of 653.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.054 of 563.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.637 of 4415.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202617.7254 of 2695.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202559.770 of 27174.2%★★★★☆
202413.3276 of 2811.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202334.8184 of 28134.5%★★☆☆☆
201922.2226 of 25411.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202216.9343 of 3768.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2026)62nd percentile+34 vs school
African American (2026)59th percentile+31 vs school
Hispanic (2025)50th percentile+13 vs school
Native American (2025)36th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)29th percentile~ school
Male (2026)26th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2026)13th percentile-15 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)57th percentile+43 vs school
Native American (2025)36th percentile+21 vs school
African American (2026)35th percentile+20 vs school
Hispanic (2026)23rd percentile+9 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)20th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)14th percentile~ school
Female (2026)14th percentile~ school
White (2022)9th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)6th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?
English40%-21 vs state
Mathematics26%-9 vs state
Science26%-26 vs state

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Washington K8 ranks 494th of 686 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Washington K8 are 62% African American, 35% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 617 students attended Washington K8.

Students who attend Washington K8 usually go on to attend:

High : Parker High School

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2025–26 Summative Assessment scoresAug 14, 2026
2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesDec 27, 2025
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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