Epic School
1000 10th Ave South
Birmingham AL, 35205, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-7370
Ranking: 
(326 out of 1,064, top 31%)*
(326 out of 1,064, top 31%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Birmingham 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: | 30 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 25 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 465 | 435 | 425 | 428 | 424 | 432 | 343 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 41 | 8.8% | 45 | 10.3% | 31 | 7.3% | 46 | 10.7% | 38 | 9.0% | 33 | 7.6% | 3 | 0.9% |
| Kindergarten: | 62 | 13.3% | 63 | 14.5% | 54 | 12.7% | 56 | 13.1% | 62 | 14.6% | 70 | 16.2% | 41 | 12.0% |
| Grade 1: | 75 | 16.1% | 57 | 13.1% | 69 | 16.2% | 71 | 16.6% | 71 | 16.7% | 62 | 14.4% | 57 | 16.6% |
| Grade 2: | 63 | 13.5% | 72 | 16.6% | 70 | 16.5% | 71 | 16.6% | 58 | 13.7% | 63 | 14.6% | 57 | 16.6% |
| Grade 3: | 82 | 17.6% | 64 | 14.7% | 72 | 16.9% | 59 | 13.8% | 62 | 14.6% | 67 | 15.5% | 64 | 18.7% |
| Grade 4: | 66 | 14.2% | 73 | 16.8% | 62 | 14.6% | 62 | 14.5% | 68 | 16.0% | 72 | 16.7% | 53 | 15.5% |
| Grade 5: | 76 | 16.3% | 61 | 14.0% | 67 | 15.8% | 63 | 14.7% | 65 | 15.3% | 65 | 15.0% | 68 | 19.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 224 | 48.2% | 219 | 50.3% | 201 | 47.3% | 211 | 49.3% | 206 | 48.6% | 206 | 47.7% | 166 | 48.4% |
| Female: | 241 | 51.8% | 216 | 49.7% | 224 | 52.7% | 217 | 50.7% | 210 | 49.5% | 218 | 50.5% | 173 | 50.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 12 | 2.6% | 14 | 3.2% | 17 | 4.0% | 14 | 3.3% | 10 | 2.4% | 9 | 2.1% | 9 | 2.6% |
| Hispanic: | 16 | 3.4% | 10 | 2.3% | 13 | 3.1% | 8 | 1.9% | 6 | 1.4% | 4 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.5% |
| Black: | 431 | 92.7% | 406 | 93.3% | 389 | 91.5% | 398 | 93.0% | 403 | 95.0% | 410 | 94.9% | 320 | 93.3% |
| White: | 5 | 1.1% | 5 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.4% | 8 | 1.9% | 5 | 1.2% | 9 | 2.1% | 9 | 2.6% |
| 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: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 205 | 44.1% | 213 | 49.0% | 203 | 47.8% | 139 | 32.5% | 159 | 37.5% | 133 | 30.8% | 115 | 33.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 48 | 10.3% | 43 | 9.9% | 45 | 10.6% | 48 | 11.2% | 57 | 13.4% | 56 | 13.0% | 31 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.50 | 13.59 | 13.49 | 15.02 | 13.57 | 15.10 | 13.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 32.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 29.3% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 31.2% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.94% | 24.06% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.86% | 28.8% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 62% | 41.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 43.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 46.3% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.92% | 45.18% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 56.49% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 36.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 35.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 35.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.38% | 32.79% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 36.31% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 37.4% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 40% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 37.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.69% | 31.36% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 36.61% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 63.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 68.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.09% | 67.97% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.72% | 61.13% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 67.78% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.33% | 71.03% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.73% | 75.99% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.06% | 74.73% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 68.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 74.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.04% | 74.27% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.65% | 73.35% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.33% | 75.85% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.21% | 79.76% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.43% | 77.93% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.03% | 79.34% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 61.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 65.9% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83% | 68.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.74% | 66.59% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 69.15% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.69% | 65.4% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.48% | 70.74% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.41% | 73.41% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.22% | 77.47% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 63.4% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 70.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.44% | 73.27% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 73.87% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.38% | 71.51% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.55% | 76.56% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.25% | 77.53% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.52% | 77.43% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 63.9% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 69.2% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.97% | 68.95% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.62% | 64.88% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 69.44% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.76% | 71.23% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.83% | 80.5% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.69% | 85.37% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 71.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 70.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.05% | 74.44% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.15% | 71.78% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 73.4% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.74% | 73.76% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.83% | 78.21% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.62% | 77.79% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.19% | 51.47% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.58% | 55.36% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.96% | 61.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.72% | 56.15% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 58.82% | 80.09% |
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* Epic School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.