Martha Gaskins Elementary, 200 Dalton Drive: pre-K to fifth grade, 486 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.
Martha Gaskins Elementary School is a Birmingham City Schools elementary school at 200 Dalton Drive, feeding L.M. Smith Middle and Huffman High. Alabama graded it a C, with 76 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 205-231-9200, 200 Dalton Drive
- School website: bhamcityschools.org/o/mges
- 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 | 200 Dalton Drive, Birmingham, AL 35215 |
| Phone | 205-231-9200 |
| Grades (state report card) | Pre-K to 5 |
| School hours | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| District | Birmingham City Schools |
| State school code | 114-0505 |
Principal
Principal Herbert L. Blackmon Jr., according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 486 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, up from 474 on the 2023-24 card.
- Federal count: 537 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 27 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 Martha Gaskins 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) | 49.14 |
| Academic growth | 96.72 |
| Progress in English language proficiency | 57.78 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 13.37% 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, Martha Gaskins Elementary feeds L.M. Smith Middle for sixth to eighth grade and then Huffman High.
The neighborhoods the district’s feeder document, drawn up in its 2018-2020 zoning revision, lists in Martha Gaskins Elementary’s zone: Airport Highlands, Brownsville Heights, Brummitt Heights, Killough Springs (part), Maple Grove, Penfield Park, Pine Knoll Vista, Roebuck and Zion City. Zones do not follow neighborhood lines exactly, so check one address in Find My Zone.
More on the area in our Roebuck guide.
Bell times
Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone listing gives Martha Gaskins Elementary’s hours as 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calendar
Martha Gaskins 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
- Huffman High, the zoned high school
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Martha Gaskins Elementary serve?
Martha Gaskins Elementary serves pre-K to fifth grade, according to Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card.
What is Martha Gaskins Elementary’s state report card grade?
Martha Gaskins Elementary earned a C with 76 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 Martha Gaskins Elementary feed into?
Huffman High, according to the district’s feeder chart, after L.M. Smith Middle for sixth to eighth grade.
What time does Martha Gaskins 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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