About Empower Schools of Alabama
Empower Schools of Alabama is a public school system serving Jefferson County, Alabama, based in Bessemer. It serves 412 students across 2 schools spanning K–8, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #146 largest of Alabama’s 153 school systems.
Size and structure
Empower Schools of Alabama enrolls 412 students in 2 schools — an average of about 206 students per school. It serves grades K–8 and ranks #146 of 153 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Empower Schools of Alabama, from the NCES Common Core of Data (412 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Empower Schools of Alabama employs about 3 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 137.3:1 — above the Alabama average of about 17.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 24.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Alabama funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Empower Schools of Alabama are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Alabama rates every district on an A–F report card built from ACAP test proficiency, academic growth, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism and college-and-career readiness. Look up Empower Schools of Alabama on the Alabama Report Card.
Accreditation status
Most Alabama systems are accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED/SACS), the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Empower Schools of Alabama in the free Cognia registry.
Empower Schools of Alabama vs. Alabama
See every Alabama district side by side in the Alabama directory.
Look up Empower Schools of Alabama’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):