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Empower Community School

Serves grades KG - 7

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2400 7th Avenue North
Bessemer, AL 35020
Phone
(205) 354-3709
District
Empower Community School
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
139

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

2

(10 is best)

Better than 10.5% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Empower Community School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
15%
40%
30%
50%
0%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
19%
35%
38%
49%
0%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
46
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 41 29.5%
Grade 1 21 15.1%
Grade 2 25 18.0%
Grade 6 34 24.5%
Grade 7 18 12.9%
Total 139 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 2.2% 2.2% 53.8%
Black 85.6% 85.6% 32.8%
Hispanic 12.2% 12.2% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 64.0% 64.0% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 61.9% 61.9% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 2.2% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 25.7%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 14.2%
$15,000 or less Unreported 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
Support Expenditures
Student Unreported Unreported Unreported
Staff Unreported Unreported Unreported
General Administration Unreported Unreported Unreported
School Administration Unreported Unreported Unreported
Operation Unreported Unreported Unreported
Transportation Unreported Unreported Unreported
Other Unreported Unreported Unreported
Total Support Unreported Unreported Unreported
Non-instructional Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
Total Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,200 $4,655,842,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $587,926,000 6.5%
Staff $452 $339,107,000 3.7%
General Administration $257 $193,007,000 2.1%
School Administration $647 $485,591,000 5.3%
Operation $1,010 $758,603,000 8.3%
Transportation $503 $377,902,000 4.2%
Other $272 $204,126,000 2.2%
Total Support $3,924 $2,946,262,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,976 $1,483,801,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $12,100 $9,085,905,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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