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West End Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-5

660^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

West End Academy is an elementary school in Birmingham City, Alabama, serving 530 students in grades PK-5. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Alabama elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance.

West End Academy's proficiency rates in mathematics, science, and English language arts are significantly lower than the Birmingham City and Alabama state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 10.26% of 3rd graders at West End Academy were proficient in mathematics, compared to 26.51% in Birmingham City and 45.47% statewide. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 12.8% to 23.3% over the past few years, which likely contributes to the low academic performance.

While the challenges faced by West End Academy are not unique, as nearby Minor Elementary, Charles A. Brown Elementary, and Washington K8 also perform poorly, Princeton School, a public magnet school in the district, stands out with significantly higher academic performance. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and ensuring equitable access to resources and support for schools serving disadvantaged communities could be crucial for improving student outcomes at West End Academy and other struggling schools in the Birmingham City district.

492

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,378

Per pupil spending ?

76.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1840 Pearson Avenue SW
Birmingham, AL 35211

(205) 231-1742

District: Birmingham City

Students who attend West End Academy usually attend:

Middle:	Jones Valley Middle School
High:	Wenonah High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

81.9%

Hispanic:

16.3%

Two or more races:

1.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (20% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!English scores 32 pts below the Alabama average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg31%

Alabama avg52%

660^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd 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	7.8	660 of 680	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.1	665 of 684	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	667 of 680	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	657 of 687	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.1	683 of 692	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.7	675 of 681	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	659 of 680	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.1	669 of 688	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	7.7	665 of 691	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.5	667 of 691	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	6.6	683 of 695	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	382 of 427	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	394 of 420	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	411 of 427	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	387 of 426	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	416 of 426	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	420 of 426	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	395 of 423	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	9.8	618 of 649	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.1	626 of 650	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.8	637 of 645	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	624 of 656	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.9	646 of 656	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.5	638 of 646	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	613 of 640	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.7	608 of 639	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	640 of 660	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	652 of 670	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	599 of 623	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	619 of 651	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	635 of 653	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.5	641 of 649	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	623 of 651	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.0	550 of 567	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	631 of 651	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.4	645 of 655	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.2	626 of 649	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.8	628 of 669	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.9	659 of 669	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	645 of 650	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.6	636 of 650	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.5	630 of 639	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	367 of 403	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.9	389 of 392	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	325 of 344	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.5	271 of 280	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)11th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)9th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English32%-32 vs state

Mathematics12%-30 vs state

Science11%-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
West End Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1840 Pearson Avenue SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1742	492	28	17.5	76.8%	4 (0.8%)	403 (81.9%)	80 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	7.8	660^th of 680 public elementary schools	2.9%		7.1	665^th of 684 public elementary schools	2.8%	5	10.3	6.1	19.7				10.6		33.3	24.2	39.1				$10,378	$1,589	$8,788
Richard Arrington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2101 Jefferson Avenue SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1130	341	18	18.9	80.4%	5 (1.5%)	292 (85.6%)	41 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	5.3	672^nd of 680 public elementary schools	1.2%		10.7	634^th of 684 public elementary schools	7.3%	38	11.8	6.8	9.4				6.8		32.7	22.7	32.7
Central Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4915 Ave Q	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1250	386	23	16.7	72.3%	1 (0.3%)	303 (78.5%)	75 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	21.1	533^rd of 680 public elementary schools	21.6%		13.5	596^th of 684 public elementary schools	12.9%	63	32.8	23.1	10.9				7.7		60.3	34.0	54.8				$11,240	$1,956	$9,283
Hemphill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	714 12th Street SW	Birmingham	35211	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-7500	353	20	17.6	79.0%	4 (1.1%)	312 (88.4%)	33 (9.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13.3	606^th of 680 public elementary schools	10.9%		14.7	584^th of 684 public elementary schools	14.6%	22	37.5	14.3	11.5				14.3		38.3	37.0	24.0				$11,087	$2,703	$8,383
Princeton School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1425 2nd Ave W	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(205) 231-2500	195	15	13.0	55.4%	0 (0.0%)	194 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	91.3	45^th of 680 public elementary schools	93.4%		81.2	114^th of 684 public elementary schools	83.3%	69	72.4	64.5	78.8				54.8		96.6	83.9	93.9				$12,109	$2,245	$9,861
Minor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2425 Ave SEnsley	Birmingham	35218	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6555	441	24	18.3	80.3%	2 (0.5%)	392 (88.9%)	38 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	9.9	639^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.0%		13.4	598^th of 684 public elementary schools	12.6%	41	12.8	10.3	9.7				7.4		36.4	40.3	47.5				$12,293	$2,301	$9,991
Charles A Brown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4811 Court J	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6860	296	18	16.4	83.1%	0 (0.0%)	276 (93.2%)	19 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18.8	553^rd of 680 public elementary schools	18.7%		24.7	517^th of 684 public elementary schools	24.4%	36	7.0	10.5	21.1				15.8		42.9	52.6	57.9				$11,676	$1,394	$10,280
Freedom Prep Academy	Public, Charter	K-1	630 1st Avenue S	Birmingham	35205	Jefferson County	Freedom Prep Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(334) 521-6094	41			68.3%	1 (2.4%)	35 (85.4%)	4 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)								(n/a)
Washington K8	Public	PK, KG-8	115 Fourth Avenue South	Birmingham	35205	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-7740	617	30	20.5	74.6%	6 (1.0%)	385 (62.4%)	217 (35.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	39.4	428^th of 680 public elementary schools	37.1%		20.6	544^th of 684 public elementary schools	20.5%	116	62.2	71.1	38.1	8.1	5.3	10.3	11.1	16.8	72.1	40.9	48.8	23.5	39.3	41.2	$11,393	$2,367	$9,024
Robinson Primary School	Public	K-2	301 61st St	Fairfield	35064	Jefferson County	Fairfield City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 783-6827	238	14	17.0	86.6%	0 (0.0%)	220 (92.4%)	11 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)								(n/a)															$12,020	$2,367	$9,535

Frequently Asked Questions about West End Academy

How many students attend West End Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 492 students attended West End Academy.

What district is West End Academy in?

Birmingham City

What is the racial makeup of West End Academy?

Students at West End Academy are 82% African American, 16% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of West End Academy attend?

Students who attend West End Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : Jones Valley Middle School
High : Wenonah High School

Is West End Academy a good school?

West End Academy ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Alabama elementary schools.

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