Bessemer City Schools

Bessemer City School District
Location
Bessemer, Alabama
United States
District information
TypePublic
MottoEmpowering students through excellence in education
GradesPK-12
Established1887; 138 years ago (1887)
SuperintendentDr. Autumm Jeter
Schools9[1]
Budget$41.3 million (2015–16)[1]
NCES District ID0100330[1]
Students and staff
Students3,605 (2016–17)[1]
Teachers200.0 (FTE) (2016–17)[1]
Staff166.0 (FTE) (2016–17)[1]
Other information
Websitewww.bessk12.org

Bessemer City School District is a school district in Jefferson County, Alabama first established in 1887. It is the second oldest public school system in the state's most populated county.

Schools

  • J. S. Abrams Elementary (K-5)
  • Charles F. Hard Elementary (K-5; originally founded 1894)
  • Greenwood Elementary (K-5) (founded 1937; operated as a Jefferson County School until 1966 when it was ceded to Bessemer)
  • Jonesboro Elementary (K-5)
  • Westhills Elementary (K-5)
  • New Horizon Alternative
  • Bessemer City Middle (6-8)[2] (opened during 2013–14 school year) (building was previously Jess Lanier High School)
  • Bessemer City High (9-12)
  • Bessemer Center for Technology

Former schools (partial list)

  • Abrams High (closed 1987)
  • Arlington Elementary (built 1910 and served as the first Bessemer High School until 1923; building demolished)
  • Carver High School (all black student body) was located at 600 2nd Avenue North
  • Clarendon High School (circa 1890s until 1910) (then became an Elementary School with the same name)
  • James A. Davis Middle (originally called Clarendon Avenue Elementary; opened 1953, closed 2013; building demolished)
  • Dunbar High School
  • Jess Lanier High School (1970-2010)
  • Roberts School (believed to be the first school in the system, likely built in the late 1880s; served grades 1-12 until construction of Clarendon High School)

Failing schools

Based on the state standardized testing, this system had two schools in the bottom six percent statewide, marking them as "failing."[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Bessemer City". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Jesse Chambers, AL.com, 9/13/13
  3. ^ "Failing Alabama public schools: 75 on newest list, most are high schools". al.com. January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.


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