Norwood Elementary, 3136 Norwood Blvd.: pre-K to fifth grade, 236 students on the 2024-25 state report card, which graded it a B with 82 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.
Norwood Elementary School is a Birmingham City Schools elementary school at 3136 Norwood Blvd, feeding Hudson K-8 and George Washington Carver High. Alabama graded it a B, with 82 points, on its 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 205-231-3440, 3136 Norwood Blvd.
- School website: bhamcityschools.org/o/nes
- 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 | 3136 Norwood Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35234 |
| Phone | 205-231-3440 |
| Grades (state report card) | Pre-K to 5 |
| School hours | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| District | Birmingham City Schools |
| State school code | 114-0610 |
Principal
Principal Sakema Porterfield, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 236 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, up from 216 on the 2023-24 card.
- Federal count: 261 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 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: B, 82 points. The 2023-24 card gave Norwood Elementary a D with 67 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) | 61.06 |
| Academic growth | 100 |
| Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) | 15.61% 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, Norwood Elementary feeds Hudson K-8 for sixth to eighth grade and then George Washington Carver High.
The neighborhoods the district’s feeder document, drawn up in its 2018-2020 zoning revision, lists in Norwood Elementary’s zone: Acipco-Finley, Druid Hills, Evergreen (part), Hooper City, North Birmingham (part) and Norwood. Zones do not follow neighborhood lines exactly, so check one address in Find My Zone.
More on the area in our Norwood guide.
Bell times
Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone listing gives Norwood Elementary’s hours as 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calendar
Norwood 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
- George Washington Carver High, the zoned high school
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Norwood Elementary serve?
Norwood Elementary serves pre-K to fifth grade, according to Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card.
What is Norwood Elementary’s state report card grade?
Norwood Elementary earned a B with 82 points on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, after a D with 67 points on the 2023-24 card. Alabama grades schools A to F; it does not use Georgia’s CCRPI.
Which high school does Norwood Elementary feed into?
George Washington Carver High, according to the district’s feeder chart, after Hudson K-8 for sixth to eighth grade.
What time does Norwood 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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