NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Homewood, AL

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5 public K-12 schools in Homewood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,492
Students
48.2/100
Avg Resource Index
15.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Homewood has more public-school enrollment than 50% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Homewood's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Homewood's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Homewood's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 82nd percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 9-point gap between Homewood Middle School and Homewood High School measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 50%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
53rd percentile

Homewood High School accounts for 29.7% of all Homewood public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Homewood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Homewood school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Homewood school enrollment ranges from 507 students (lowest) to 1,333 students (highest), a spread of 826 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Homewood operates one school district — a single-district system

Homewood's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Homewood student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Homewood is typically wider than the Homewood-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Homewood Middle School 53
2. Edgewood Elementary School 49
3. Shades Cahaba Elementary School 49
4. Hall Kent Elementary School 46
5. Homewood High School 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Homewood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hall Kent Elementary School 62.6/100
  2. 2 Homewood High School 53.5/100
  3. 3 Homewood Middle School 51.0/100
  4. 4 Shades Cahaba Elementary School 41.3/100
  5. 5 Edgewood Elementary School 28.2/100

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Which Homewood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Homewood Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Homewood schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Homewood, AL? ▼

Homewood has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,492 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.