Avondale Elementary School vs. Inglenook School

Avondale Elementary School, a Birmingham, AL public school serving grades PK–5, ranked #971 in Alabama in 2023, showing moderate improvement from #1098 in 2021 but remaining in the bottom 50% statewide.

Math proficiency ranged between 10–14%, reading proficiency between 25–29%, and science proficiency between 11–19%, all lower than the Alabama state averages in the latest reporting years.

Enrollment declined from 573 students in 2019 to 327 in 2023, while minority enrollment remained high at 84%, with Black students comprising the majority; around 73% of students qualified for free lunch, indicating persistent socioeconomic challenges.

The school maintained a student–teacher ratio of 16:1 in 2023, securing a top 20% ranking in student attention among Alabama public schools, with a teaching staff of 20 serving 327 students.

Inglenook School, a Birmingham public school serving grades PK–8 with 308 students, ranked in the bottom 50% of Alabama schools in 2023, declining from #930 in 2011 to #1221 in 2023.

Math proficiency at Inglenook was 5% in 2023, lower than the Alabama state average of 30%, with a decline from 57% in 2012; reading proficiency ranged from 10–14%, also lower than the state average of about 47%.

Minority enrollment was 98% in 2023, predominantly Black (not Hispanic) at 72%, Hispanic at 24%, and socioeconomic need was high with 89% of students eligible for free lunch, an increase from 20% in 1999.

The school employed 20 teachers with a student–teacher ratio of approximately 15:1, serving 308 students from pre–kindergarten through 8th grade.