Vestavia Hills Elementary School West
1965 Merryvale Rd
Birmingham AL, 35216, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-402-5151
Ranking: (32 out of 1,064, top 3%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 3
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: | 49 | 61 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 46 | |||||||
Total Students: | 765 | 757 | 702 | 677 | 637 | 644 | 633 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 6 | 0.8% | 25 | 3.3% | 30 | 4.3% | 34 | 5.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
Kindergarten: | 204 | 26.7% | 192 | 25.4% | 184 | 26.2% | 152 | 22.5% | 173 | 27.2% | 138 | 21.4% | 163 | 25.8% |
Grade 1: | 198 | 25.9% | 184 | 24.3% | 151 | 21.5% | 177 | 26.1% | 138 | 21.7% | 163 | 25.3% | 152 | 24.0% |
Grade 2: | 187 | 24.4% | 166 | 21.9% | 183 | 26.1% | 145 | 21.4% | 166 | 26.1% | 170 | 26.4% | 164 | 25.9% |
Grade 3: | 170 | 22.2% | 190 | 25.1% | 154 | 21.9% | 169 | 25.0% | 159 | 25.0% | 168 | 26.1% | 154 | 24.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 377 | 49.3% | 386 | 51.0% | 375 | 53.4% | 366 | 54.1% | 341 | 53.5% | 340 | 52.8% | 320 | 50.6% |
Female: | 388 | 50.7% | 371 | 49.0% | 327 | 46.6% | 311 | 45.9% | 288 | 45.2% | 296 | 46.0% | 309 | 48.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.6% |
Asian: | 69 | 9.0% | 69 | 9.1% | 75 | 10.7% | 69 | 10.2% | 65 | 10.2% | 69 | 10.7% | 58 | 9.2% |
Hispanic: | 21 | 2.7% | 22 | 2.9% | 14 | 2.0% | 13 | 1.9% | 7 | 1.1% | 9 | 1.4% | 9 | 1.4% |
Black: | 53 | 6.9% | 58 | 7.7% | 49 | 7.0% | 42 | 6.2% | 36 | 5.7% | 30 | 4.7% | 35 | 5.5% |
White: | 615 | 80.4% | 602 | 79.5% | 562 | 80.1% | 551 | 81.4% | 528 | 82.9% | 536 | 83.2% | 527 | 83.3% |
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: | 7 | 0.9% | 6 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 6.8% | 57 | 7.5% | 58 | 8.3% | 42 | 6.2% | 31 | 4.9% | 27 | 4.2% | 26 | 4.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 16 | 2.1% | 14 | 1.8% | 15 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.3% | 14 | 2.2% | 10 | 1.6% | 15 | 2.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.61 | 12.41 | 15.60 | 14.40 | 13.27 | 13.40 | 13.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ARMT | ||||||
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 95.8% | 74.1% |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 94.9% | 77.7% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.19% | 94.96% | 77.41% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.13% | 93.18% | 77.69% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.05% | 93.28% | 79.37% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 94.13% | 80.13% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.02% | 93.49% | 83.7% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.76% | 96% | 85.23% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 96.3% | 81% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 96.7% | 83.6% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.83% | 95.39% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.78% | 97.13% | 85.35% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.02% | 96.44% | 85.83% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.15% | 97.06% | 86.59% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.83% | 96.46% | 86.82% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.05% | 97.67% | 88.18% |
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* Vestavia Hills Elementary School West was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.