Birmingham City Schools

Birmingham City Schools is the public school system for the City of Birmingham, administrated by the Birmingham Board of Education. The Superintendent of Schools, starting in July 2006, is Stan Mims.

Schools

The Birmingham School district is divided into 9 districts and 5 clusters.

High schools

• District 1: Huffman High School (II)
• District 4: Carol B. Hayes High School (V), Kennedy Alternative High School (I), Woodlawn High School (I)
• District 5: A. H. Parker High School (IV), Ramsay High School (II)
• District 7: Wenonah High School (III), West End High School (III)
• District 9: George Washington Carver High School (IV), P. D. Jackson-Olin High School (V), Riggins Alternative School (I)

Middle schools

• District 1: Huffman Middle School (II), L. M. Smith Middle School (II), Martha Gaskins Middle School (II)
• District 2: L. Fraser Banks Middle School (I), W. E. Putnam Middle School (I)
• District 5: Clyde S. Kirby Middle School (IV), Malichi Wilkerson Middle School (IV)
• District 6: Center Street Middle School (IV)
• District 7: Green Acres Middle School (III), Richard Arrington, Jr Middle School (III)
• District 8: Charles B. Glenn Middle School (V), Ernest F. Bush Middle School (V)
• District 9: Daniel Payne Middle School (V)

K-8 schools

• District 1: William J. Christian K-8 School (I)
• District 4: Hudson K-8 School (IV), Inglenook K-8 School (V), John T. Whatley K-8 School (V), Kingston K-8 School
• District 6: Booker T. Washington K-8 School (IV)
• District 7: A. G. Gaston K-8 School (III), Jones Valley K-8 School (III)

Elementary schools

• District 1: Clarence Going Elementary School (II), North Roebuck Elementary School (II), Robert C. Arthur Elementary School (II), Sun Valley Elementary School (II), Theo R. Wright Elementary School (II)
• District 2: J. E. Robinson Elementary School (I), McElwain Elementary School (I)
• District 3: Avondale Elementary School (V), Gate City Elementary School (I), Henry Jefferson Oliver Elementary School (I)
• District 4: Curry Elementary School (I), J. B. Gibson Elementary School (V), Norwood Elementary School (IV), N. A. Barrett Elementary School (I)
• District 5: Brunetta C. Hill Elementary School (V), Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School (IV), E.P.I.C. Elementary School (IV), Glen Iris Elementary School (IV)
• District 6: Hemphill Elementary School (IV), Jackson Elementary School (III)
• District 7: Central Park Elementary School (III), Newton H. Price Elementary School (III), Powderly Elementary School (III), Robert E. Lee Elementary School (III), Wenonah Elementary School (III)
• District 8: Charles A. Brown Elementary School (III), J. M. Minor Elementary School (V), Princeton Elementary School (III), Woodrow Wilson Elementary School (V)
• District 9: Giddings S. Lewis Elementary School (IV), North Birmingham Elementary School (IV), South Hampton Elementary School (V), William Hooper Councill Elementary School (V), Wylam Elementary School

Enrollment

The city school system has declined in enrollment since the 1970s when 60,000 to 70,000 students filled the halls. In Fall 2004 the system lost more than 2,000 students from the year previous, then another 1,565 in 2005 and an estimated 1,080 in 2006. The number of students determines, in large part, the amount of state funding given to the system.

References

• Hickerson, Patrick (July 28, 2006) "Pupil loss may cost schools $3 million". Birmingham News.