Shades Cahaba Elementary School
3001 Independence Dr
Birmingham AL, 35209, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-871-1113
Ranking: (78 out of 1,064, top 7%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Homewood 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: | 47 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 45 | |||||||
Total Students: | 536 | 512 | 540 | 588 | 612 | 596 | 573 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 103 | 19.2% | 92 | 18.0% | 84 | 15.6% | 98 | 16.7% | 98 | 16.0% | 99 | 16.6% | 81 | 14.1% |
Grade 1: | 98 | 18.3% | 84 | 16.4% | 91 | 16.9% | 91 | 15.5% | 94 | 15.4% | 88 | 14.8% | 119 | 20.8% |
Grade 2: | 79 | 14.7% | 86 | 16.8% | 87 | 16.1% | 93 | 15.8% | 90 | 14.7% | 116 | 19.5% | 107 | 18.7% |
Grade 3: | 89 | 16.6% | 85 | 16.6% | 96 | 17.8% | 91 | 15.5% | 113 | 18.5% | 115 | 19.3% | 97 | 16.9% |
Grade 4: | 86 | 16.0% | 87 | 17.0% | 88 | 16.3% | 103 | 17.5% | 116 | 19.0% | 104 | 17.4% | 79 | 13.8% |
Grade 5: | 81 | 15.1% | 78 | 15.2% | 94 | 17.4% | 112 | 19.0% | 101 | 16.5% | 74 | 12.4% | 90 | 15.7% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 260 | 48.5% | 250 | 48.8% | 263 | 48.7% | 301 | 51.2% | 305 | 49.8% | 309 | 51.8% | 306 | 53.4% |
Female: | 276 | 51.5% | 262 | 51.2% | 277 | 51.3% | 287 | 48.8% | 297 | 48.5% | 279 | 46.8% | 263 | 45.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 11 | 2.1% | 7 | 1.4% | 8 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.5% | 15 | 2.5% | 13 | 2.2% | 10 | 1.7% |
Hispanic: | 57 | 10.6% | 48 | 9.4% | 60 | 11.1% | 54 | 9.2% | 62 | 10.1% | 65 | 10.9% | 57 | 9.9% |
Black: | 77 | 14.4% | 74 | 14.5% | 90 | 16.7% | 121 | 20.6% | 136 | 22.2% | 132 | 22.1% | 124 | 21.6% |
White: | 378 | 70.5% | 371 | 72.5% | 371 | 68.7% | 393 | 66.8% | 396 | 64.7% | 386 | 64.8% | 382 | 66.7% |
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: | 13 | 2.4% | 12 | 2.3% | 11 | 2.0% | 11 | 1.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 104 | 19.4% | 91 | 17.8% | 124 | 23.0% | 145 | 24.7% | 160 | 26.1% | 148 | 24.8% | 128 | 22.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 23 | 4.3% | 21 | 4.1% | 19 | 3.5% | 19 | 3.2% | 25 | 4.1% | 25 | 4.2% | 37 | 6.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.49 | 9.91 | 10.66 | 12.34 | 12.84 | 13.50 | 12.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ADAW | ||||||
2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 75.3% | 50.6% |
2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 69.7% | 42.2% |
2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 67.6% | 45% |
2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.71% | 60.8% | 37.08% |
2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.64% | 65.15% | 37.25% |
2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 82.9% | 57.3% |
2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 78.2% | 58.7% |
2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.5% | 64% |
2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.88% | 80.8% | 62.46% |
2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 83.33% | 64.88% |
2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 74.4% | 48.9% |
2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 75.1% | 44.4% |
2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 78.6% | 48.1% |
2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.65% | 65.6% | 43.41% |
2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.11% | 69.23% | 43.74% |
2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 71% | 47% |
2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 69.7% | 42.6% |
2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 73.1% | 48.1% |
2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.18% | 65.2% | 39.83% |
2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 65.16% | 40.59% |
ARMT | ||||||
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 92.8% | 74.1% |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 93.8% | 77.7% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.14% | 87.74% | 77.41% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.69% | 87.14% | 77.69% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.29% | 89.86% | 79.37% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.18% | 87.73% | 80.13% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.35% | 83.7% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.44% | 93.79% | 85.23% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 94.5% | 81% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.2% | 83.6% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.51% | 91.39% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.88% | 94.61% | 85.35% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.49% | 92.59% | 85.83% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.34% | 94.89% | 86.59% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.42% | 91.57% | 86.82% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.44% | 94.52% | 88.18% |
2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 87.8% | 71.9% |
2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 89.2% | 74% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 94.2% | 77.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.77% | 92.69% | 78.31% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.31% | 91.34% | 78.93% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.14% | 91.4% | 79.12% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.38% | 90.42% | 81.26% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.71% | 92.44% | 82.42% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.48% | 92.94% | 85.24% |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 88.6% | 76.9% |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 92.5% | 83.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 97.6% | 84.4% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.35% | 95.35% | 85.01% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.88% | 92.21% | 86.09% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.04% | 95.64% | 86.5% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.28% | 93.98% | 86.69% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 95.7% | 87.93% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.77% | 93.3% | 88.16% |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.6% | 71.8% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 92% | 76.5% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.41% | 90.58% | 77.26% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.95% | 92.46% | 77.97% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.96% | 90.79% | 79.94% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.86% | 89.65% | 82.61% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.59% | 93.38% | 88.95% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.83% | 97.21% | 91.32% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 92.6% | 80.9% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 93% | 80.7% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 93.25% | 84.6% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.95% | 92.43% | 84.37% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.96% | 90.67% | 84.65% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.96% | 93.21% | 85.64% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.46% | 95.45% | 88.59% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.75% | 96.5% | 88.88% |
ASA | ||||||
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.21% | 87.25% | 69.84% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.33% | 88.49% | 73.2% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.82% | 88.93% | 77.35% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.59% | 90.17% | 78.77% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.71% | 93% | 80.09% |
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* Shades Cahaba Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.