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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

Empower Community SchoolLower School, Bessemer, AL

Charter schoolCEP schoolEmpower Community SchoolLower School is a public elementary school in Bessemer, part of Empower Schools of Alabama. It enrolled 201 students in 2024-25.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
201
Grades
K to 4

School details

Address
2410 7th Ave North, Bessemer, AL 35020
Phone
(205)413-8600
District
Empower Schools of Alabama
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
010358202558
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
143
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
14371.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
143Students 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

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.