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Tarrant Intermediate School

Public Grades 3-6

628^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Tarrant Intermediate School in Tarrant, AL, serves 404 students in grades 3 through 6 within the Tarrant City school district, where about 77% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 10% of Alabama elementary schools, but the data reveals specific areas of concern and some promising signs that are important for parents to understand.

The most striking issue is a dramatic drop in performance between 5th and 6th grade. In the most recent school year, English Language Arts proficiency fell from 38.55% in 5th grade to just 17.28% in 6th grade, while math proficiency plummeted from 18.07% to 6.17%. This pattern has persisted across multiple years and appears to be specific to this school—nearby schools like Hayes K8 and Hudson KEight School do not show the same sharp decline. This suggests the transition into 6th grade is a critical point of failure that deserves immediate attention from school leadership. On a more positive note, chronic absenteeism has improved significantly, dropping from 25.9% in 2021-2022 to 19.5% recently—now better than the district average of 27.2% and much lower than Tarrant Elementary School's 31.3% rate.

There are also bright spots worth noting. Fourth-grade science proficiency has quadrupled in two years, rising from 5.1% to 21.11%, suggesting recent instructional changes may be working. Additionally, a nearby school serving a similar student population demonstrates what's possible: i3 Academy Phase 1, located less than three miles away, achieves significantly higher proficiency rates in both math and English despite comparable socioeconomic demographics. This comparison shows the challenges at Tarrant Intermediate are not insurmountable. For parents, the key takeaway is that while the school struggles overall, the improvements in attendance and science, combined with the success of similar nearby schools, provide reason for cautious optimism—and a clear case for asking what can be learned from those higher-performing peers.

404

Students ?

18.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,837

Per pupil spending ?

77.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1 Wildcat Drive
Tarrant, AL 35217-2589

(205) 849-0168

District: Tarrant City

Students who attend Tarrant Intermediate School usually attend:

High:

Tarrant High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.3%

African American:

44.6%

White:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (23% vs 51% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (20% vs 12% Alabama)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school23%

District avg23%

Alabama avg51%

628^th of 686

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 3 pts since 2016

From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 8% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

138^th of 140Tarrant 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
2026	11.5	628 of 686	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.2	636 of 680	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	641 of 684	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	653 of 680	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.8	664 of 687	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	625 of 692	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	639 of 681	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	642 of 680	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.1	644 of 688	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	13.9	611 of 691	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.2	575 of 691	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.0	579 of 695	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.1	588 of 696	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	11.5	665 of 696	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.4	697 of 709	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.1	692 of 704	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	27.5	335 of 428	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.1	345 of 427	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	372 of 420	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	414 of 427	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	389 of 426	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	345 of 426	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	366 of 426	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	361 of 423	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.2	313 of 336	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	27.6	119 of 143	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.5	109 of 142	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.0	95 of 131	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	102 of 123	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	90 of 110	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.9	78 of 100	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	64 of 74	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.2	27 of 65	58.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	12.1	597 of 651	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	610 of 649	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	625 of 650	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.4	640 of 645	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	638 of 656	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.9	581 of 656	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	616 of 646	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	616 of 640	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.3	619 of 639	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	22.2	77 of 90	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.5	191 of 206	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	177 of 196	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	174 of 184	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	165 of 175	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.2	155 of 164	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	130 of 152	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	118 of 140	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.9	111 of 130	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	15.0	611 of 667	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.3	596 of 660	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.5	607 of 670	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	606 of 623	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	605 of 651	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	548 of 653	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	598 of 649	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.2	599 of 651	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.3	540 of 567	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	604 of 659	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.3	602 of 651	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	581 of 655	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	615 of 649	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	629 of 669	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.7	605 of 669	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	613 of 650	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.2	602 of 650	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.3	580 of 639	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	44 of 53	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	45 of 59	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	55 of 57	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	64 of 65	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	60 of 63	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	50 of 58	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	12.8	381 of 395	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	358 of 373	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	324 of 345	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	366 of 398	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.5	312 of 392	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.8	287 of 344	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.0	248 of 280	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	3.4	527 of 532	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	528 of 535	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.2	515 of 528	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.5	533 of 540	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	514 of 539	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	493 of 529	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)22nd percentile+13 vs school

Native American (2025)17th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)17th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2026)14th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school

Male (2026)8th percentile~ school

Female (2026)8th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)4th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English30%-32 vs state

Science21%-29 vs state

Mathematics17%-23 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Summative Assessment Science (2026)		Summative Assessment English (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
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%)	11.5	628^th of 686 public elementary schools	8.5%		10.2	636^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.5%	8	15.3	28.9	18.1	6.2			21.1		29.4	36.7	38.6	17.3			$12,837	$3,625	$9,204
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)															$17,352	$4,459	$12,887
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%)	6.2	674^th of 686 public elementary schools	1.7%		12.2	620^th of 680 public elementary schools	8.8%	54	27.5	0.0	7.1	2.8	0.0	0.0	8.6	17.2	26.3	20.0	25.0	25.0	22.2	20.7	$14,264	$3,079	$11,180
Fultondale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	950 Central Ave	Fultondale	35068	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-3450	889	43	20.4	65.0%	161 (18.1%)	389 (43.8%)	302 (34.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	15.6	587^th of 686 public elementary schools	14.4%		13.9	597^th of 680 public elementary schools	12.2%	10	21.6	15.5	12.5				21.0		49.2	36.5	54.4				$11,694	$3,215	$8,462
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%)	14.1	600^th of 686 public elementary schools	12.5%		7.7	661^st of 680 public elementary schools	2.8%	61	15.8	14.1	20.0				27.0		42.1	43.8	37.0				$15,343	$4,861	$10,477
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%)	4.5	684^th of 686 public elementary schools	0.3%		4.8	675^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.7%	9	12.1	0.0	14.0	1.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	20.0	27.3	15.4	31.0	14.9	25.8	21.3	$14,030	$4,447	$9,578
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%)	7.9	663^rd of 686 public elementary schools	3.4%		14.2	595^th of 680 public elementary schools	12.5%	68	7.3	17.0	8.0				12.7		41.8	32.7	30.0				$18,012	$5,707	$12,300
i3 Academy Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	230 49th Street North	Birmingham	35212	Jefferson County	i3 Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(205) 403-5777	411	25	16.4	74.2%	29 (7.1%)	344 (83.7%)	23 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	28.7	495^th of 686 public elementary schools	27.8%		18.7	555^th of 680 public elementary schools	18.4%	60	26.8	41.2	18.7				38.2		49.3	48.5	52.0
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%)	6.8	671^st of 686 public elementary schools	2.2%		4.1	679^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.1%	8	18.1	7.6	4.8	15.1	11.3	7.1	9.1	35.7	25.0	27.3	25.8	23.3	21.0	27.6	$14,578	$4,684	$9,889
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%)	26.2	513^th of 686 public elementary schools	25.2%		20.8	536^th of 680 public elementary schools	21.2%	23	75.0	15.2	18.2				5.9		61.5	14.7	44.4				$19,071	$6,487	$12,579

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Tarrant Intermediate School ranks in the bottom 8.5% of Alabama elementary schools.

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Students who attend Tarrant Intermediate School usually go on to attend:

High : Tarrant High School

What district is Tarrant Intermediate School in?

Tarrant City

What is the racial makeup of Tarrant Intermediate School?

Students at Tarrant Intermediate School are 49% Hispanic, 45% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Tarrant Intermediate School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 404 students attended Tarrant Intermediate School.

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