Washington Elementary School
115 Fourth Ave South
Birmingham AL, 35205, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-2310
Ranking: 
(984 out of 1,064, bottom 8%)*
(984 out of 1,064, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Birmingham City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 567 | 465 | 404 | 377 | 281 | 302 | 332 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 17 | 3.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 93 | 16.4% | 56 | 12.0% | 45 | 11.1% | 52 | 13.8% | 34 | 12.1% | 30 | 9.9% | 30 | 9.0% |
| Grade 1: | 57 | 10.1% | 60 | 12.9% | 53 | 13.1% | 43 | 11.4% | 26 | 9.3% | 33 | 10.9% | 36 | 10.8% |
| Grade 2: | 59 | 10.4% | 58 | 12.5% | 44 | 10.9% | 36 | 9.5% | 27 | 9.6% | 33 | 10.9% | 34 | 10.2% |
| Grade 3: | 61 | 10.8% | 53 | 11.4% | 42 | 10.4% | 38 | 10.1% | 29 | 10.3% | 32 | 10.6% | 36 | 10.8% |
| Grade 4: | 44 | 7.8% | 46 | 9.9% | 44 | 10.9% | 36 | 9.5% | 28 | 10.0% | 29 | 9.6% | 38 | 11.4% |
| Grade 5: | 49 | 8.6% | 50 | 10.8% | 39 | 9.7% | 41 | 10.9% | 30 | 10.7% | 35 | 11.6% | 36 | 10.8% |
| Grade 6: | 74 | 13.1% | 46 | 9.9% | 45 | 11.1% | 47 | 12.5% | 41 | 14.6% | 39 | 12.9% | 45 | 13.6% |
| Grade 7: | 64 | 11.3% | 50 | 10.8% | 49 | 12.1% | 43 | 11.4% | 34 | 12.1% | 39 | 12.9% | 31 | 9.3% |
| Grade 8: | 49 | 8.6% | 46 | 9.9% | 43 | 10.6% | 41 | 10.9% | 32 | 11.4% | 32 | 10.6% | 46 | 13.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 285 | 50.3% | 239 | 51.4% | 199 | 49.3% | 193 | 51.2% | 143 | 50.9% | 152 | 50.3% | 174 | 52.4% |
| Female: | 282 | 49.7% | 226 | 48.6% | 205 | 50.7% | 184 | 48.8% | 130 | 46.3% | 142 | 47.0% | 154 | 46.4% |
| 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: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 53 | 9.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 512 | 90.3% | 462 | 99.4% | 401 | 99.3% | 375 | 99.5% | 281 | 100.0% | 302 | 100.0% | 332 | 100.0% |
| White: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 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: | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 508 | 89.6% | 436 | 93.8% | 383 | 94.8% | 217 | 57.6% | 269 | 95.7% | 288 | 95.4% | 311 | 93.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 2.6% | 12 | 2.6% | 10 | 2.5% | 8 | 2.1% | 9 | 3.2% | 10 | 3.3% | 15 | 4.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.22 | 16.32 | 17.57 | 16.39 | 12.77 | 13.70 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 32.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 3.8% | 29.3% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.6% | 31.2% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.63% | 24.06% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.26% | 28.8% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.7% | 41.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 15% | 43.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 6.4% | 46.3% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.01% | 45.18% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.38% | 56.49% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 36.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.6% | 35.9% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 35.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.26% | 32.79% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.71% | 36.31% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.3% | 37.4% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.6% | 40% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 30% | 37.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.75% | 31.36% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.48% | 36.61% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 10.6% | 24.1% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 25.8% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 28.4% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.93% | 31.35% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 14.29% | 40.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 48% | 38.9% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54% | 55.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 51.6% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 55.48% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.71% | 58.46% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 33.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 33.5% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 43.7% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.73% | 47.13% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.86% | 54.64% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 34% | 39.1% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.2% | 37.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 15% | 39.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.93% | 49.97% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.29% | 52.19% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 63.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 68.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.53% | 67.97% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.85% | 61.13% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.84% | 67.78% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.85% | 71.03% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.18% | 75.99% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 74.73% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 68.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 74.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.57% | 74.27% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.84% | 73.35% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.81% | 75.85% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 79.76% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.75% | 77.93% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 79.34% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 61.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 65.9% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 68.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.62% | 66.59% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.76% | 69.15% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.71% | 65.4% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.64% | 70.74% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.01% | 73.41% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.17% | 77.47% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 63.4% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 70.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.51% | 73.27% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 73.87% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.14% | 71.51% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 76.56% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77.53% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.04% | 77.43% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 63.9% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 69.2% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.91% | 68.95% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.57% | 64.88% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.41% | 69.44% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 71.23% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.95% | 80.5% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 85.37% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 71.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 70.1% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.77% | 74.44% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.45% | 71.78% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.65% | 73.4% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.48% | 73.76% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.42% | 78.21% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.56% | 77.79% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 14.8% | 31.2% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 49.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 57.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.19% | 60.12% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.16% | 57.06% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.89% | 60.31% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.52% | 61.74% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 62.06% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.84% | 60.27% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 69.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 67.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 67.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.37% | 72.52% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.44% | 73.76% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 73.76% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.29% | 74.36% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.18% | 77.29% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.14% | 79.48% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 24% | 42.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37% | 41.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 47.68% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.88% | 45.53% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.67% | 53.82% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.39% | 56.34% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.73% | 56.68% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.67% | 58.33% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 62.1% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58% | 63.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.81% | 66.23% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.29% | 65.86% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.56% | 69.58% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.06% | 72.95% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.91% | 74.29% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.09% | 74.7% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 40.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 56.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 44% | 58.37% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.35% | 57.25% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 63.26% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.48% | 71.78% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.29% | 65.24% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.09% | 71.7% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 38.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 52.7% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 60% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.85% | 61.54% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.65% | 63.82% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.25% | 62.39% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.54% | 64.03% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.55% | 63.14% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.33% | 66.61% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.84% | 51.47% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.61% | 55.36% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 61.11% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.74% | 56.15% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.71% | 58.82% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.49% | 40.87% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.73% | 57.45% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.63% | 56.78% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.97% | 57.09% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.82% | 63.03% | 75.67% |
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* Washington Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.