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Martha Gaskins K5

Public Grades PK, KG-5

623^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Martha Gaskins K5 is an elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama, serving 487 students in grades PK-5. 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. Over the past several years, Martha Gaskins K5 has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Alabama elementary schools, with a ranking between 535 and 660 out of around 680-700 schools.

The school faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, with proficiency rates in math, science, and English language arts that are significantly lower than the Birmingham City and Alabama state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 15-18% of students were proficient in math and 11% were proficient in science, compared to 20-26% and 15% respectively for the district, and 39-45% and 43% for the state. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 9.7% to 23.3% over the past few years.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Birmingham City School District, such as Barrett Elementary, Sun Valley Elementary, and Robinson Elementary, also struggle academically and have similar demographic profiles to Martha Gaskins K5. However, the nearby Christian School, a public magnet school, significantly outperforms the other schools in the area, suggesting that a more focused, specialized educational approach may be beneficial for students in this region.

537

Students ?

26.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,759

Per pupil spending ?

76.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

200 Dalton Drive
Birmingham, AL 35215

(205) 231-9200

District: Birmingham City

Students who attend Martha Gaskins K5 usually attend:

Middle:	Smith Middle School
High:	Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Racial breakdown:

African American:

69.3%

Hispanic:

25.7%

Two or more races:

3.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (26% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg31%

Alabama avg52%

623^rd of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

20^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	11.8	623 of 680	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	605 of 684	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	578 of 680	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	612 of 687	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	660 of 692	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	537 of 681	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	544 of 680	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.5	535 of 688	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.1	552 of 691	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.0	546 of 691	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	31.9	506 of 695	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.6	378 of 427	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	337 of 420	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	310 of 427	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	328 of 426	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	399 of 426	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	47.3	195 of 426	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.4	213 of 423	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	44.9	173 of 336	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	98 of 142	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.1	77 of 131	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.0	76 of 123	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.0	89 of 110	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	82 of 100	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.0	40 of 74	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.0	551 of 649	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	575 of 650	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	533 of 645	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	602 of 656	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.5	650 of 656	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	494 of 646	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	531 of 640	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.8	508 of 639	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	141 of 206	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.3	165 of 196	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	150 of 184	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	153 of 175	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	138 of 164	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.1	97 of 152	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.4	110 of 140	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.9	94 of 130	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	587 of 660	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	585 of 670	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	524 of 623	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	555 of 651	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	636 of 653	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.1	504 of 649	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.8	505 of 651	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	31.2	427 of 567	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	603 of 651	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	570 of 655	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	569 of 649	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.2	587 of 669	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	596 of 669	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	543 of 650	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	497 of 650	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.8	491 of 639	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	16.6	55 of 59	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	53 of 57	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	54 of 65	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.7	45 of 63	28.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	321 of 403	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	253 of 392	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.1	268 of 344	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.0	245 of 280	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	451 of 532	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)32nd percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)31st percentile+23 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile+12 vs school

White (2025)15th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile+7 vs school

African American (2025)11th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)7th percentile~ school

Native American (2024)7th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English41%-23 vs state

Mathematics15%-27 vs state

Science11%-31 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
Martha Gaskins K5	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Dalton Drive	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-9200	537	20	26.8	76.2%	7 (1.3%)	372 (69.3%)	138 (25.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.2%)	11.8	623^rd of 680 public elementary schools	8.4%		12.6	605^th of 684 public elementary schools	11.5%	18	15.3	18.8	12.1				11.4		42.9	40.5	40.5				$10,759	$1,998	$8,760
Christian School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	725 Mountain Dr	Birmingham	35206	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(205) 231-5249	574	32	17.9	62.5%	9 (1.6%)	512 (89.2%)	39 (6.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	64.3	236^th of 680 public elementary schools	65.3%		48.9	358^th of 684 public elementary schools	47.7%	122	51.0	45.5	44.4	50.6	38.9	42.2	26.8	58.5	73.5	58.9	69.8	94.5	93.1	88.0	$9,125	$1,167	$7,956
Robinson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8400 1st Ave S	Birmingham	35206	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-5555	354	17	20.8	78.8%	2 (0.6%)	279 (78.8%)	70 (19.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14.2	595^th of 680 public elementary schools	12.5%		7.7	662^nd of 684 public elementary schools	3.2%	67	22.8	10.9	14.0				12.7		50.9	45.3	34.0				$10,889	$2,458	$8,429
Huffman Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1212 Cheyenne Boulevard	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-5800	779	35	22.2	79.1%	5 (0.6%)	674 (86.5%)	82 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.2%)	8.7	647^th of 680 public elementary schools	4.9%		7.6	663^rd of 684 public elementary schools	3.1%	16	20.2	10.3	7.9				10.3		41.0	33.9	34.7				$10,017	$2,135	$7,880
Barrett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7601 Division Ave	Birmingham	35206	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-8130	383	23	16.6	76.5%	7 (1.8%)	287 (74.9%)	80 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	7.7	661^st of 680 public elementary schools	2.8%		6.4	671^st of 684 public elementary schools	1.9%	10	11.5	6.0	7.8				12.0		49.2	24.5	26.0				$11,013	$2,231	$8,781
Sun Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1010 18th Ave NW	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-5740	678	33	20.5	76.3%	2 (0.3%)	647 (95.4%)	22 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	15.7	579^th of 680 public elementary schools	14.9%		18.3	562^nd of 684 public elementary schools	17.8%	17	19.3	17.9	14.1				15.5		51.8	37.5	49.5				$10,599	$1,279	$9,318
Erwin Intermediate School	Public	3-5	532 23rd Ave NW	Center Point	35215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-3350	510	25	20.4	82.2%	7 (1.4%)	427 (83.7%)	70 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	11	628^th of 680 public elementary schools	7.6%		18.8	558^th of 684 public elementary schools	18.4%	70	18.3	9.2	9.3				19.5		39.5	38.7	42.5				$9,859	$2,310	$7,526
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
Center Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	4801 Indian Trail	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-2900	557	34	16.5	72.5%	6 (1.1%)	477 (85.6%)	70 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)								(n/a)															$10,844	$2,275	$8,548
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Martha Gaskins K5

Is Martha Gaskins K5 a good school?

Martha Gaskins K5 ranks in the bottom 8.4% of Alabama elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Martha Gaskins K5 attend?

Students who attend Martha Gaskins K5 usually go on to attend:

Middle : Smith Middle School
High : Huffman High SchoolMagnet

What is the racial makeup of Martha Gaskins K5?

Students at Martha Gaskins K5 are 69% African American, 26% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% White.

How many students attend Martha Gaskins K5?

In the 2024-25 school year, 537 students attended Martha Gaskins K5.

What district is Martha Gaskins K5 in?

Birmingham City

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