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Gaston Kinderg-Eighth School
5400 Oakwood St
Birmingham AL, 35228, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-1310
Ranking: 
(909 out of 1,064, bottom 15%)*
(909 out of 1,064, bottom 15%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Birmingham City School District
Title I Eligible School: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 221 | 245 | 285 | 333 | ||||
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 32 | 14.5% | 31 | 12.7% | 23 | 8.1% | 40 | 12.0% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 26 | 11.8% | 27 | 11.0% | 26 | 9.1% | 30 | 9.0% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 22 | 10.0% | 15 | 6.1% | 25 | 8.8% | 34 | 10.2% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 16 | 7.2% | 28 | 11.4% | 31 | 10.9% | 29 | 8.7% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 26 | 11.8% | 27 | 11.0% | 28 | 9.8% | 31 | 9.3% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 26 | 11.8% | 22 | 9.0% | 30 | 10.5% | 36 | 10.8% |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20 | 9.0% | 24 | 9.8% | 43 | 15.1% | 44 | 13.2% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 21 | 9.5% | 39 | 15.9% | 43 | 15.1% | 41 | 12.3% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 31 | 14.0% | 32 | 13.1% | 36 | 12.6% | 48 | 14.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 118 | 53.4% | 125 | 51.0% | 143 | 50.2% | 168 | 50.5% |
| Female: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 103 | 46.6% | 112 | 45.7% | 134 | 47.0% | 161 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 219 | 99.1% | 245 | 100.0% | 285 | 100.0% | 333 | 100.0% |
| White: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 200 | 90.5% | 221 | 90.2% | 242 | 84.9% | 299 | 89.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 1.4% | 7 | 2.9% | 13 | 4.6% | 17 | 5.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10.52 | 10.65 | 13.10 | 14.80 | ||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 32.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 17% | 29.3% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.5% | 31.2% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.21% | 24.06% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 0% | 28.8% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 41.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.6% | 43.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 46.3% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.09% | 45.18% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.14% | 56.49% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 36.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 17% | 35.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.5% | 35.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.24% | 32.79% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 0% | 36.31% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 37.4% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.8% | 40% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 37.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.39% | 31.36% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.14% | 36.61% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 23% | 24.1% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 21% | 25.8% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 20% | 28.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 9.09% | 31.35% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.11% | 40.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 38.9% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 55.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 51.6% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.61% | 55.48% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.79% | 58.46% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 33.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 28% | 33.5% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 43.7% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.39% | 47.13% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.53% | 54.64% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 39.1% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 28% | 37.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 39.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.24% | 49.97% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 52.19% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 63.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 68.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.71% | 67.97% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.28% | 61.13% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.58% | 67.78% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.26% | 71.03% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.25% | 75.99% | 83.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 68.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 74.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.53% | 74.27% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.86% | 73.35% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 75.85% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 79.76% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 77.93% | 86.82% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 61.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 65.9% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 68.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.15% | 66.59% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.63% | 69.15% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.15% | 65.4% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.52% | 70.74% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 73.41% | 82.42% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 63.4% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 70.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.23% | 73.27% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 73.87% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.54% | 71.51% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.31% | 76.56% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 77.53% | 87.93% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 63.9% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 69.2% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 68.95% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.57% | 64.88% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.82% | 69.44% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 71.23% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 80.5% | 88.95% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 71.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 70.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.66% | 74.44% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 71.78% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.17% | 73.4% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 73.76% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.66% | 78.21% | 88.59% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 31.2% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 52% | 49.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 57.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.06% | 60.12% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.89% | 57.06% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.28% | 60.31% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 61.74% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.24% | 62.06% | 77.64% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79% | 69.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77% | 67.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 67.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.79% | 72.52% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 73.76% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.57% | 73.76% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90% | 74.36% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.95% | 77.29% | 88.19% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 42.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 39% | 41.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.86% | 47.68% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.13% | 45.53% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.46% | 53.82% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 56.34% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.75% | 56.68% | 70.36% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 62.1% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 63.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 66.23% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.63% | 65.86% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 69.58% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.79% | 72.95% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 74.29% | 84.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 40.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 56.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.51% | 58.37% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 57.25% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.48% | 63.26% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.13% | 71.78% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.29% | 65.24% | 77.01% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 38.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 52.7% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 60% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.79% | 61.54% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 63.82% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 62.39% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.88% | 64.03% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.62% | 63.14% | 76.95% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.33% | 51.47% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.22% | 55.36% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 61.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 56.15% | 78.77% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.38% | 40.87% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.34% | 57.45% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.57% | 56.78% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 57.09% | 68.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Gaston Kinderg-Eighth School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.