Charles A. Brown Elementary, 4811 Court J: pre-K to fifth grade, 262 students on the 2024-25 state report card, which graded it a C with 76 points.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, principal page; Birmingham City Schools’ Zoning and Feeder Patterns page, feeder chart (PDF), Find My Zone and 2026-27 calendar (PDF); the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25; the federal NCES school directory for 2024-25.
Charles A. Brown Elementary School is a Birmingham City Schools elementary school at 4811 Court J, feeding Green Acres Middle and P.D. Jackson-Olin High. Alabama graded it a C, with 76 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 205-231-6860, 4811 Court J
- School website: bhamcityschools.org/o/bres
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page (PowerSchool)
- Which school is my address zoned for? Find My Zone
- Buses: Transportation, 205-231-9305, and the bus stop finder
- Central office: 205-231-4600, 2015 Park Place N.
| Address | 4811 Court J, Birmingham, AL 35208 |
| Phone | 205-231-6860 |
| Grades (state report card) | Pre-K to 5 |
| School hours | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| District | Birmingham City Schools |
| State school code | 114-0050 |
Principal
Principal Ja’net Sharpe, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 262 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, down from 306 on the 2023-24 card.
- Federal count: 296 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.
State report card
Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules. Alabama does not use CCRPI, the Georgia score.
2024-25 grade: C, 76 points. The 2023-24 card gave Charles A. Brown Elementary a C with 75 points. Birmingham City Schools as a whole earned a C, with 77 points, up from 74.
| Indicator | 2024-25 score |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) | 52.07 |
| Academic growth | 90.7 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 4.97% of students |
The full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.
Attendance zone
On the district’s feeder chart (PDF), linked from its Zoning and Feeder Patterns page, Charles A. Brown Elementary feeds Green Acres Middle for sixth to eighth grade and then P.D. Jackson-Olin High.
The neighborhoods the district’s feeder document, drawn up in its 2018-2020 zoning revision, lists in Charles A. Brown Elementary’s zone: Belview Heights. Zones do not follow neighborhood lines exactly, so check one address in Find My Zone.
Programs
- The school’s website has an International Baccalaureate page on the IB Primary Years Programme and lists an IB coordinator.
Bell times
Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone listing gives Charles A. Brown Elementary’s hours as 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calendar
Charles A. Brown Elementary follows the Birmingham City Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF). Coming dates:
- Friday, Oct. 23: e-learning and parent conference day
- Friday, Oct. 30: fall break
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: last day of the first semester, early dismissal
- Dec. 21-31: winter holidays; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027
- March 22-26, 2027: spring break
- Thursday, June 10, 2027: last day for students
More
- The school’s website
- Every public school in Birmingham, with zones and report cards
- Our Birmingham schools guide for the district calendar, registration and the Board of Education
- P.D. Jackson-Olin High, the zoned high school
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Charles A. Brown Elementary serve?
Charles A. Brown Elementary serves pre-K to fifth grade, according to Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card.
What is Charles A. Brown Elementary’s state report card grade?
Charles A. Brown Elementary earned a C with 76 points on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, after a C with 75 points on the 2023-24 card. Alabama grades schools A to F; it does not use Georgia’s CCRPI.
Which high school does Charles A. Brown Elementary feed into?
P.D. Jackson-Olin High, according to the district’s feeder chart, after Green Acres Middle for sixth to eighth grade.
What time does Charles A. Brown Elementary start?
School hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone school listing.
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