Odenville Intermediate School, Odenville AL

Original Research by School Decision on Odenville Intermediate School

Odenville Intermediate School serves grades three through five in the St. Clair County school system, and it is a regular public school. The enrollment is moderate for this grade band, and the student body is predominantly white, with a substantial representation of Black and Hispanic students and a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races. A large majority of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a community with significant economic need.

The school sits in Odenville, a small town that has grown sharply through annexation and now extends toward the Interstate 59 corridor. The town is largely residential and auto-dependent, with a handful of civic anchors including a library, a museum, and a municipal park. A large mixed-use development near the interstate is beginning to add retail and a grocery store. For most residents, work is a commute to Birmingham, Trussville, or other larger employment centers. Housing values in the area are roughly in line with the statewide median, and the cost of buying is modestly lower than the national average.

Academically, the picture is mixed and has a clear pattern by subject and by grade. In English language arts, a solid majority of students at every grade level met state proficiency standards, with the strongest results in third grade and fifth grade also posting a strong share. Fourth grade was somewhat lower but still above half. In math, the results are weaker. Third grade had a modest share of students meeting the bar, fourth grade was similar, and fifth grade fell to a point where only about one in five students was proficient. Science is tested only in fourth grade, and about one in three students met the standard there. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index placed it among the top tier of schools relative to the other districts in St. Clair County, though the number of comparison districts is small and the spread among them is narrow.

The school offers no data on special education enrollment or English learner population, so a parent cannot assess the size of those populations from this data. No chronic absenteeism or discipline data was available either. Because Odenville Intermediate serves only grades three through five, there is no graduation rate or high school programming to consider.

For a family weighing this school, the core academic story is that reading and writing are a relative strength, especially in the early intermediate years, while math achievement drops off noticeably by fifth grade. A parent whose child struggles in math or is entering fifth grade may want to investigate how the school addresses that decline and what support is available. The surrounding community is growing and still building its commercial base, and the town’s low-density, car-dependent character means most activities and errands require a drive. The school itself is one of several in the St. Clair County district spread across the community rather than clustered together.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 50% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 48% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 35% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 82% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 68% · ▼ 9 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 69% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Science

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 50% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolSt Clair County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income80%Higher-income77%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income88%43 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income77%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income52%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income64%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income28%10 pp gap