Cahaba Heights Comm School
4401 Dolly Ridge Rd
Birmingham AL, 35243, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-402-5480
Ranking: 
(90 out of 1,064, top 8%)*
(90 out of 1,064, top 8%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Vestavia Hills City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 32 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 32 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 417 | 410 | 369 | 374 | 343 | 333 | 348 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 14 | 3.4% | 16 | 3.9% | 15 | 4.1% | 24 | 6.4% | 17 | 5.0% | 17 | 5.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 72 | 17.3% | 80 | 19.5% | 75 | 20.3% | 71 | 19.0% | 53 | 15.5% | 70 | 21.0% | 56 | 16.1% |
| Grade 1: | 77 | 18.5% | 74 | 18.0% | 65 | 17.6% | 61 | 16.3% | 67 | 19.5% | 52 | 15.6% | 40 | 11.5% |
| Grade 2: | 67 | 16.1% | 63 | 15.4% | 61 | 16.5% | 63 | 16.8% | 53 | 15.5% | 44 | 13.2% | 62 | 17.8% |
| Grade 3: | 61 | 14.6% | 63 | 15.4% | 57 | 15.4% | 53 | 14.2% | 46 | 13.4% | 55 | 16.5% | 46 | 13.2% |
| Grade 4: | 63 | 15.1% | 62 | 15.1% | 53 | 14.4% | 48 | 12.8% | 49 | 14.3% | 53 | 15.9% | 47 | 13.5% |
| Grade 5: | 63 | 15.1% | 52 | 12.7% | 43 | 11.7% | 54 | 14.4% | 58 | 16.9% | 42 | 12.6% | 48 | 13.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 218 | 52.3% | 212 | 51.7% | 180 | 48.8% | 183 | 48.9% | 161 | 46.9% | 153 | 45.9% | 172 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 199 | 47.7% | 198 | 48.3% | 189 | 51.2% | 191 | 51.1% | 174 | 50.7% | 172 | 51.7% | 172 | 49.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 27 | 6.5% | 27 | 6.6% | 15 | 4.1% | 14 | 3.7% | 14 | 4.1% | 6 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.4% |
| Hispanic: | 19 | 4.6% | 15 | 3.7% | 17 | 4.6% | 20 | 5.3% | 19 | 5.5% | 20 | 6.0% | 25 | 7.2% |
| Black: | 21 | 5.0% | 13 | 3.2% | 14 | 3.8% | 24 | 6.4% | 9 | 2.6% | 13 | 3.9% | 16 | 4.6% |
| White: | 332 | 79.6% | 334 | 81.5% | 308 | 83.5% | 315 | 84.2% | 300 | 87.5% | 292 | 87.7% | 301 | 86.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 18 | 4.3% | 21 | 5.1% | 14 | 3.8% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 77 | 18.5% | 64 | 15.6% | 56 | 15.2% | 53 | 14.2% | 30 | 8.7% | 32 | 9.6% | 19 | 5.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 16 | 3.8% | 16 | 3.9% | 9 | 2.4% | 12 | 3.2% | 8 | 2.3% | 13 | 3.9% | 15 | 4.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.03 | 9.32 | 11.18 | 10.39 | 10.64 | 11.00 | 10.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 81.1% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 81.9% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 77.8% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.77% | 60.05% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.64% | 60.04% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 89.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 84.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 87.6% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 89.85% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 91.98% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 79% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 82.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 80% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 67.8% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.78% | 75.22% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 72.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 59% | 73.5% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 76.1% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.14% | 61.75% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.65% | 64.73% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 95.8% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 94.9% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.56% | 94.96% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.23% | 93.18% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.37% | 93.28% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 94.13% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.03% | 93.49% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 96% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 96.3% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 96.7% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.55% | 95.39% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.87% | 97.13% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.27% | 96.44% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98% | 97.06% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.46% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 97.67% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 94.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 93.2% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 93.8% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 93.58% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.68% | 92.19% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.15% | 93.42% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.68% | 93.14% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 96% | 92.74% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 93.66% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 95.3% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.1% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 98% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.75% | 96.56% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.12% | 96.61% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.04% | 97.23% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.23% | 97.44% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.15% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.55% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 94.5% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 93% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.18% | 95.56% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.78% | 93.65% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.37% | 92.78% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 94.67% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.74% | 94.58% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.02% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 95.8% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.4% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.73% | 96.82% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 96.23% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.36% | 95.87% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.33% | 96.81% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.45% | 98.05% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.83% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 91.7% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 95.2% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74% | 90.97% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.43% | 92.53% | 71.9% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 97.4% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 97.1% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 96.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94% | 96.56% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94% | 97.51% | 86.61% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 93.64% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.18% | 93.06% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.33% | 95.31% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.29% | 96.25% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94.84% | 80.09% |
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* Cahaba Heights Comm School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.