Concord Elementary School

Summary:

Concord Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bessemer, Alabama, serving 397 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Jefferson County school district, which is ranked 97 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Concord Elementary School has a significantly higher percentage of white students (63.22%) compared to the surrounding schools, which tend to have a higher percentage of African American and Hispanic students. The school's academic performance, as measured by state assessments, is generally lower than the state and county averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 3rd-grade math proficiency rate was 33.33%, compared to the state average of 42.16% and the county average of 30.63%. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, ranking relatively high for African American students but much lower for Hispanic and white students.

Concord Elementary School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 40.05% to 69.52% over the past few years, indicating a relatively high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past several years, from 148th out of 681 schools in 2018-2019 to 414th out of 684 schools in 2023-2024, with a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Compared to other nearby schools in the Jefferson County district, Concord Elementary School generally performs better than schools like Minor Community School and Brighton School, but lags behind schools like Oak Grove Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1886 Learning Lane
       Bessemer, AL  35023-4300


(205) 379-3150

District: Jefferson County

SchoolDigger Rank:
414th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,368 Help


Students who attend Concord Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Hueytown Middle School
High:    Hueytown High School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.3 Help
Number of students:  397

Racial breakdown:

White:
63.2%
African American:
17.6%
Hispanic:
17.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Concord Elementary School ranks worse than 60.5% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 11th among 26 ranked elementary schools in the Jefferson County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.67. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Concord Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (63.2%), African American (17.6%), Hispanic (17.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Concord Elementary School is 20.3. 25 elementary schools in the Jefferson County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Concord Elementary School is $10,368, which is the 12th highest among 26 elementary schools in the Jefferson County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Concord Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Concord Elementary School 414th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Concord Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Jefferson County:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson County 97th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Concord Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 76.48 109th 623 82.5%
2005 76.63 113th 688 83.6%
2006 77.71 104th 689 84.9%
2007 57.17 332nd 698 52.4%
2008 66.54 216th 698 69.1%
2009 67.71 201st 696 71.1%
2010 68.38 204th 704 71.0%
2011 68.09 219th 709 69.1%
2012 75.00 133rd 696 80.9%
2013 64.02 268th 696 61.5%
2014 56.49 293rd 695 57.8%
2015 57.90 254th 691 63.2%
2016 56.86 290th 691 58.0%
2017 47.72 378th 688 45.1%
2018 64.88 238th 680 65.0%
2019 74.37 148th 681 78.3%
2021 31.85 472nd 692 31.8%
2022 35.52 444th 687 35.4%
2023 35.83 450th 680 33.8%
2024 42.67 414th 684 39.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 35.35 83rd 123 32.5%
2024 29.04 112th 131 14.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 83.42 31st 392 92.1%
2022 54.43 127th 345 63.2%
2024 43.59 197th 395 50.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 47.73 308th 567 45.7%
2018 73.71 131st 651 79.9%
2019 77.19 85th 649 86.9%
2021 33.25 448th 653 31.4%
2022 31.78 465th 651 28.6%
2023 42.13 374th 623 40.0%
2024 43.00 404th 670 39.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 47.18 358th 639 44.0%
2018 56.54 296th 640 53.8%
2019 65.80 193rd 646 70.1%
2021 24.25 497th 656 24.2%
2022 32.31 454th 656 30.8%
2023 32.09 447th 645 30.7%
2024 34.13 448th 650 31.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 47.35 358th 639 44.0%
2018 66.57 211th 650 67.5%
2019 78.80 99th 650 84.8%
2021 39.76 411th 669 38.6%
2022 44.73 371st 669 44.5%
2023 39.73 407th 649 37.3%
2024 48.54 349th 655 46.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 57.75 139th 426 67.4%
2022 30.95 300th 426 29.6%
2023 54.88 152nd 427 64.4%
2024 65.25 99th 420 76.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 32.24 117th 164 28.7%
2022 39.39 112th 175 36.0%
2023 26.29 146th 184 20.7%
2024 22.90 167th 196 14.8%
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Rank History for White students at Concord Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.40 332nd 508 34.6%
2019 58.73 188th 529 64.5%
2021 18.00 479th 539 11.1%
2022 25.63 441st 540 18.3%
2023 18.44 470th 528 11.0%
2024 20.42 476th 535 11.0%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Concord Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 415 415
1989 384 29 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 415
1990 379 4 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 389
1991 303 3 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 312
1992 295 3 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 302
1993 277 5 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 285
1994 336 2 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1995 342 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 342
1996 342 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 342
1997 333 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1998 340 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 342
1999 361 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 362
2000 395 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 397
2001 352 2 0 1 2 n/a n/a 0 357
2002 374 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2003 374 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2004 345 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 348
2005 335 4 1 5 0 n/a n/a 0 345
2006 313 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 321
2007 321 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 329
2008 336 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 344
2009 332 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 343
2010 345 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 356
2011 364 11 0 1 0 0 2 0 378
2012 350 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 360
2013 353 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 365
2014 353 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 361
2015 354 4 0 3 0 0 5 0 366
2016 323 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 337
2017 293 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 305
2018 272 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 283
2019 249 16 2 2 0 0 2 0 271
2020 207 13 0 16 0 0 3 0 239
2021 244 52 0 65 1 0 4 0 366
2022 260 60 0 64 2 0 6 0 392
2023 251 70 0 69 2 0 5 0 397

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 Concord Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 415 22.0 18.8 0
1989 415 23.0 18.0 n/a
1990 389 22.0 17.6 0
1991 312 18.0 17.3 n/a
1992 302 17.0 17.7 n/a
1993 285 16.0 17.8 n/a
1994 341 18.0 18.9 n/a
1995 342 21.2 16.1 n/a
1996 342 21.2 16.1 n/a
1997 337 19.3 17.5 15.4
1998 342 20.3 16.8 14.6
1999 362 23.0 15.7 24.9
2000 397 22.0 18.0 25.4
2001 357 25.0 14.3 20.7
2002 376 22.0 17.1 18.9
2003 376 22.0 17.1 18.9
2004 348 25.0 13.9 19.8
2005 345 25.0 13.8 19.7
2006 321 24.0 13.4 22.7
2007 329 23.8 13.8 24.6
2008 344 23.3 14.8 26.5
2009 343 22.8 14.8 27.7
2010 356 22.1 16.1 36.2
2011 378 23.6 16.0 34.1
2012 360 23.0 15.6 41.9
2013 365 27.0 13.5 37
2014 361 24.0 15.0 40.4
2015 366 23.0 15.9 38.5
2016 337 19.0 17.7 43.3
2017 305 19.0 16.0 46.6
2018 283 18.5 15.2 39.2
2019 271 16.5 16.4 43.2
2020 239 15.0 15.9 45.2
2021 366 23.0 15.9 56
2022 392 18.5 21.1 40.1
2023 397 19.5 20.3 69.5

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 Concord Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 415 22.0 18.8 0
1989 415 23.0 18.0 n/a
1990 389 22.0 17.6 0
1991 312 18.0 17.3 n/a
1992 302 17.0 17.7 n/a
1993 285 16.0 17.8 n/a
1994 341 18.0 18.9 n/a
1995 342 21.2 16.1 n/a
1996 342 21.2 16.1 n/a
1997 337 19.3 17.5 15.4
1998 342 20.3 16.8 14.6
1999 362 23.0 15.7 24.9
2000 397 22.0 18.0 25.4
2001 357 25.0 14.3 20.7
2002 376 22.0 17.1 18.9
2003 376 22.0 17.1 18.9
2004 348 25.0 13.9 19.8
2005 345 25.0 13.8 19.7
2006 321 24.0 13.4 22.7
2007 329 23.8 13.8 24.6
2008 344 23.3 14.8 26.5
2009 343 22.8 14.8 27.7
2010 356 22.1 16.1 36.2
2011 378 23.6 16.0 34.1
2012 360 23.0 15.6 41.9
2013 365 27.0 13.5 37
2014 361 24.0 15.0 40.4
2015 366 23.0 15.9 38.5
2016 337 19.0 17.7 43.3
2017 305 19.0 16.0 46.6
2018 283 18.5 15.2 39.2
2019 271 16.5 16.4 43.2
2020 239 15.0 15.9 45.2
2021 366 23.0 15.9 56
2022 392 18.5 21.1 40.1
2023 397 19.5 20.3 69.5

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 Concord Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $956 (9.2%) $9,377 (90.4%) $10,368

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Concord 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 148th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 450th of 680 Elementary schools
 44.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Concord Elementary School)69.628.4
 41.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)46.432.7
 13.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Concord Elementary School)5013.3
 36.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)36.723.6
 13.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Concord Elementary School)55.616.7
 38.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)34.321.2
 13.1%
   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 Students271397
 46.5%
African American1670
 337.5%
American Indian02
Asian20
 100%
Hispanic269
 3350%
Pacific Islander00
White249251
 0.8%
Two or More Races25
 150%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients43.2%69.5%
 26.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Concord Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 397 students attended Concord Elementary School.

Concord Elementary School ranks 414th of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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

Middle : Hueytown Middle School
High : Hueytown High School

Students at Concord Elementary School are 63% White, 18% African American, 17% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.


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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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