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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Charles F Hard Elementary School, Bessemer, AL

CEP schoolCharles F Hard Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bessemer, part of Bessemer City School District. It enrolled 364 students in 2024-25, with 19.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
364
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
19.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.4. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.2
District19.4
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2801 Arlington Ave, Bessemer, AL 35020
Phone
(205)432-3300
District
Bessemer City School District
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
010033000084
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
294
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
29480.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
294Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Bessemer City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bessemer

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.