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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

McCalla Elementary School, Bessemer, AL

CEP schoolMcCalla Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bessemer, part of Jefferson County Public Schools. It enrolled 752 students in 2024-25, with 18.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
752
Teachers (FTE)
40.0
Students per teacher
18.8
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.4 higher than the district figure of 17.4. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.8
District17.4
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2020 McCalla School Road, Bessemer, AL 35022
Phone
(205)379-3750
District
Jefferson County Public Schools
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
010192000710
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
409
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
40954.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
409Students 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 Jefferson County Public 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.