Hemphill Elementary, 714 12th St. SW: pre-K to fifth grade, 320 students on the 2024-25 state report card, which graded it a C with 74 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.
Hemphill Elementary School is a Birmingham City Schools elementary school at 714 12th St. SW, feeding Malachi Wilkerson Middle and A.H. Parker High. Alabama graded it a C, with 74 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 205-231-7500, 714 12th St. SW
- School website: bhamcityschools.org/o/hes
- 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 | 714 12th St. SW, Birmingham, AL 35211 |
| Phone | 205-231-7500 |
| Grades (state report card) | Pre-K to 5 |
| School hours | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| District | Birmingham City Schools |
| State school code | 114-0340 |
Principal
Principal Warren Lewis, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 320 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, up from 294 on the 2023-24 card.
- Federal count: 353 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 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, 74 points. The 2023-24 card gave Hemphill Elementary a C with 71 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) | 47.6 |
| Academic growth | 96.13 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 24.86% 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, Hemphill Elementary feeds Malachi Wilkerson Middle for sixth to eighth grade and then A.H. Parker High.
The neighborhoods the district’s feeder document, drawn up in its 2018-2020 zoning revision, lists in Hemphill Elementary’s zone: Arlington-West End (part), Graymont and Rising-West Princeton. Zones do not follow neighborhood lines exactly, so check one address in Find My Zone.
More on the area in our West End guide.
Bell times
Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone listing gives Hemphill Elementary’s hours as 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calendar
Hemphill 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
- A.H. Parker High, the zoned high school
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Hemphill Elementary serve?
Hemphill Elementary serves pre-K to fifth grade, according to Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card.
What is Hemphill Elementary’s state report card grade?
Hemphill Elementary earned a C with 74 points on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, after a C with 71 points on the 2023-24 card. Alabama grades schools A to F; it does not use Georgia’s CCRPI.
Which high school does Hemphill Elementary feed into?
A.H. Parker High, according to the district’s feeder chart, after Malachi Wilkerson Middle for sixth to eighth grade.
What time does Hemphill 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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