Gwin Elementary School

Summary:

Gwin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hoover, Alabama, serving 515 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Hoover City School District, which is ranked 10th out of 137 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating.

Gwin Elementary has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, consistently ranking in the top 15% of Alabama elementary schools. The school has a relatively diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 50.68% White, 26.02% African American, 17.67% Hispanic, and 3.5% Asian. Gwin's student performance on standardized tests is generally strong, with proficiency rates in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts exceeding state averages. However, the school's performance lags behind the top-performing Deer Valley Elementary and Bluff Park Elementary schools in the Hoover City district.

Gwin Elementary has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 36.38% to 43.88% over the past few years. This is higher than the rates at some of the other Hoover City schools, which tend to have lower percentages of economically disadvantaged students. The school has maintained a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 12.4 to 15.1 over the past few years, on par with or better than the nearby schools in the Hoover City district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1580 Patton Chapel Road
       Hoover, AL  35226-2258


(205) 439-2600

District: Hoover City

SchoolDigger Rank:
105th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,168 Help


Students who attend Gwin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Ira F Simmons Middle School
High:    Hoover High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  515

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.7%
African American:
26.0%
Hispanic:
17.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  43.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gwin Elementary School ranks better than 84.6% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks last among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Hoover City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.12. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Gwin Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (50.7%), African American (26%), Hispanic (17.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 43.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gwin Elementary School is 12.4, which is the lowest among 11 elementary schools in the Hoover City School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gwin Elementary School is $12,168. 7 elementary schools in the Hoover City School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gwin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gwin Elementary School 105th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Gwin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Hoover City:

SchoolDigger ranks Hoover City 10th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gwin Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 70.89 149th 623 76.1%
2005 62.21 237th 688 65.6%
2006 54.55 326th 689 52.7%
2007 67.27 211th 698 69.8%
2008 65.88 224th 698 67.9%
2009 57.22 321st 696 53.9%
2010 49.89 415th 704 41.1%
2011 52.11 409th 709 42.3%
2012 46.48 458th 696 34.2%
2013 55.11 378th 696 45.7%
2014 73.43 137th 695 80.3%
2015 84.92 80th 691 88.4%
2016 85.06 81st 691 88.3%
2017 79.52 122nd 688 82.3%
2018 81.38 105th 680 84.6%
2019 69.42 183rd 681 73.1%
2021 81.15 98th 692 85.8%
2022 85.02 84th 687 87.8%
2023 82.78 94th 680 86.2%
2024 82.12 105th 684 84.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.26 32nd 39 17.9%
2021 52.14 26th 54 51.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.31 8th 65 87.7%
2019 49.85 29th 74 60.8%
2021 59.53 22nd 100 78.0%
2022 81.28 12th 110 89.1%
2023 47.01 58th 123 52.8%
2024 63.41 31st 131 76.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 76.21 35th 280 87.5%
2018 82.60 25th 344 92.7%
2019 57.22 129th 392 67.1%
2021 79.07 42nd 398 89.4%
2022 77.41 40th 345 88.4%
2023 64.80 85th 373 77.2%
2024 70.46 75th 395 81.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.77 361st 567 36.3%
2018 53.31 319th 651 51.0%
2019 36.90 437th 649 32.7%
2021 64.50 195th 653 70.1%
2022 70.54 145th 651 77.7%
2023 62.32 219th 623 64.8%
2024 65.14 217th 670 67.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 77.15 111th 639 82.6%
2018 78.74 118th 640 81.6%
2019 63.76 212th 646 67.2%
2021 77.28 112th 656 82.9%
2022 83.56 79th 656 88.0%
2023 83.81 81st 645 87.4%
2024 83.37 86th 650 86.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 77.64 117th 639 81.7%
2018 83.60 83rd 650 87.2%
2019 72.45 155th 650 76.2%
2021 80.06 96th 669 85.7%
2022 83.24 87th 669 87.0%
2023 78.50 111th 649 82.9%
2024 77.82 122nd 655 81.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 59.20 103rd 336 69.3%
2018 52.58 182nd 423 57.0%
2019 46.94 199th 426 53.3%
2021 66.49 103rd 426 75.8%
2022 68.95 86th 426 79.8%
2023 68.32 89th 427 79.2%
2024 82.43 41st 420 90.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.41 62nd 130 52.3%
2018 53.40 54th 140 61.4%
2019 32.43 115th 152 24.3%
2021 62.69 50th 164 69.5%
2022 69.76 39th 175 77.7%
2023 66.01 49th 184 73.4%
2024 67.86 50th 196 74.5%
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Rank History for White students at Gwin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 84.29 46th 369 87.5%
2018 89.20 44th 508 91.3%
2019 79.69 82nd 529 84.5%
2021 89.73 50th 539 90.7%
2022 91.07 42nd 540 92.2%
2023 86.82 58th 528 89.0%
2024 83.34 70th 535 86.9%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Gwin Elementary School Test Scores
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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Gwin Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 452 9 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 466
1990 474 13 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 494
1991 475 21 6 1 0 n/a n/a 0 503
1992 492 16 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1993 644 31 16 4 0 n/a n/a 78 773
1994 641 44 21 9 0 n/a n/a 0 715
1995 462 38 13 11 0 n/a n/a 0 524
1996 462 38 13 11 0 n/a n/a 0 524
1997 451 48 9 24 0 n/a n/a 0 532
1998 448 52 19 43 0 n/a n/a 0 562
1999 402 59 15 48 1 n/a n/a 0 525
2000 409 57 21 58 1 n/a n/a 0 546
2001 361 69 29 53 1 n/a n/a 0 513
2002 298 87 30 74 2 n/a n/a 0 491
2003 298 87 30 74 2 n/a n/a 0 491
2004 306 91 36 83 1 n/a n/a 0 517
2005 345 99 35 96 0 n/a n/a 0 575
2006 338 83 30 92 0 n/a n/a 0 543
2007 379 72 25 91 0 n/a n/a 0 567
2008 388 77 17 95 0 n/a n/a 0 577
2009 358 90 19 91 0 n/a n/a 0 558
2010 365 115 13 108 0 n/a n/a 0 601
2011 378 106 16 82 0 0 0 0 582
2012 392 93 11 55 0 0 1 0 552
2013 364 102 12 79 0 0 11 0 568
2014 365 128 11 69 0 0 19 0 592
2015 348 105 16 82 0 0 21 0 572
2016 344 97 14 101 0 0 17 0 573
2017 294 97 12 97 1 0 26 0 527
2018 304 100 20 95 0 0 33 0 552
2019 277 159 26 95 1 1 41 0 600
2020 290 165 23 93 0 0 35 0 606
2021 262 157 18 81 1 3 37 0 559
2022 252 158 19 87 0 0 31 0 547
2023 261 134 18 91 0 0 11 0 515

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gwin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 466 30.0 15.5 n/a
1990 494 32.0 15.4 0
1991 503 32.0 15.7 n/a
1992 515 33.0 15.6 n/a
1993 773 51.0 15.2 n/a
1994 715 51.5 13.9 n/a
1995 524 35.5 14.8 n/a
1996 524 35.5 14.8 n/a
1997 532 35.5 15.0 8.1
1998 562 36.9 15.2 9.6
1999 525 36.5 14.4 15
2000 546 38.0 14.4 17
2001 513 37.0 13.9 17.2
2002 491 37.0 13.3 26.3
2003 491 37.0 13.3 26.3
2004 517 36.0 14.4 27.1
2005 575 39.5 14.6 26.6
2006 543 44.0 12.3 26.5
2007 567 39.5 14.4 22.2
2008 577 42.0 13.7 24.1
2009 558 42.6 13.0 25.4
2010 601 39.0 15.4 32.6
2011 582 47.1 12.3 28.9
2012 552 44.0 12.5 25.7
2013 568 44.0 12.9 33.5
2014 592 39.0 15.1 35
2015 572 39.0 14.6 31.8
2016 573 41.0 13.9 32.6
2017 527 40.0 13.1 34
2018 552 40.0 13.8 30.8
2019 600 46.5 12.9 42.3
2020 606 47.4 12.7 38.6
2021 559 44.7 12.5 38.8
2022 547 36.0 15.1 36.4
2023 515 41.2 12.4 43.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gwin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 466 30.0 15.5 n/a
1990 494 32.0 15.4 0
1991 503 32.0 15.7 n/a
1992 515 33.0 15.6 n/a
1993 773 51.0 15.2 n/a
1994 715 51.5 13.9 n/a
1995 524 35.5 14.8 n/a
1996 524 35.5 14.8 n/a
1997 532 35.5 15.0 8.1
1998 562 36.9 15.2 9.6
1999 525 36.5 14.4 15
2000 546 38.0 14.4 17
2001 513 37.0 13.9 17.2
2002 491 37.0 13.3 26.3
2003 491 37.0 13.3 26.3
2004 517 36.0 14.4 27.1
2005 575 39.5 14.6 26.6
2006 543 44.0 12.3 26.5
2007 567 39.5 14.4 22.2
2008 577 42.0 13.7 24.1
2009 558 42.6 13.0 25.4
2010 601 39.0 15.4 32.6
2011 582 47.1 12.3 28.9
2012 552 44.0 12.5 25.7
2013 568 44.0 12.9 33.5
2014 592 39.0 15.1 35
2015 572 39.0 14.6 31.8
2016 573 41.0 13.9 32.6
2017 527 40.0 13.1 34
2018 552 40.0 13.8 30.8
2019 600 46.5 12.9 42.3
2020 606 47.4 12.7 38.6
2021 559 44.7 12.5 38.8
2022 547 36.0 15.1 36.4
2023 515 41.2 12.4 43.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gwin Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,578 (13.0%) $10,589 (87.0%) $12,168

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gwin Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 183rd of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 94th of 680 Elementary schools
 13%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Gwin Elementary School)56.256.4
 0.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Hoover City)72.272
 0.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Gwin Elementary School)51.559.3
 7.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Hoover City)69.263.6
 5.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Gwin Elementary School)67.856.6
 11.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Hoover City)65.670.1
 4.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students600515
 14.2%
African American159134
 15.7%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2618
 30.8%
Hispanic9591
 4.2%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White277261
 5.8%
Two or More Races4111
 73.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.3%43.9%
 1.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Gwin Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 515 students attended Gwin Elementary School.

Students at Gwin Elementary School are 51% White, 26% African American, 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Gwin Elementary School ranks 105th of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Gwin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Ira F Simmons Middle School
High : Hoover High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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