Best Public Schools in Zip Code 35117

Summary:

The 35117 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Mount Olive Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with 307 students. The school is part of the Jefferson County school district, which is ranked 101 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mount Olive Elementary School appears to be a standout school in the 35117 zip code, with its students consistently outperforming the Jefferson County and Alabama state averages in Summative Assessment/English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics for grades 3-5 over the past two school years. In 2024-2025, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 75%, compared to 53.23% for Jefferson County and 65.34% for the state, and its 4th grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 54.76%, compared to 30.93% for Jefferson County and 41.76% for the state. The school's 4th grade Science proficiency rate in 2024-2025 was also higher than the district and state averages.

While the school's academic performance is strong, it does have a slightly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 14.8% compared to the state average. Additionally, 39.74% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. The school's spending per student of $9,915 is higher than the national average, and its student-teacher ratio of 16.5 to 1 is relatively low, which may contribute to its academic success.

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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 Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mount Olive Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1301 Brookside Rd	Mount Olive	35117	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-4900	286	17	16.8	29.0%	243 (85.0%)	16 (5.6%)	13 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	11 (3.8%)	63	245^th of 680 public elementary schools	64.0%		61.2	258^th of 684 public elementary schools	62.3%	13	50.0	54.8	41.9	42.9	75.0	61.9	67.4	$9,915	$1,614	$8,271

Cities Near Zip Code 35117

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mount Olive	0.99 mi	1	109^th
Gardendale	3.22 mi	5	108^th
Graysville	5.77 mi	1	255^th
Birmingham	5.86 mi	76	251^st
Adamsville	6.34 mi	4	298^th

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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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