Gwin Elementary School vs Green Valley Elementary School

Green Valley Elementary School and Gwin Elementary School are separated by just 1.4 miles in Hoover, Alabama, yet their performance data reveals a school system operating at a uniformly high level. Both schools score 9.4/10 overall, with Green Valley ranked #12 of 1,356 Alabama elementary schools and Gwin ranked #13 of 1,356 — a gap of one position that reflects near-identical standing statewide.

The most meaningful academic distinction sits in the growth versus academic score split. Gwin Elementary School edges ahead on academic proficiency with a 9.1/10 academic score compared to Green Valley Elementary School's 8.8/10 — a 0.3-point gap that suggests slightly stronger absolute test performance. Green Valley flips the advantage on growth, scoring 9.6/10 against Gwin's 9.4/10, meaning Green Valley students are advancing at a marginally faster rate relative to their starting points. For families weighing current achievement against trajectory, these two metrics point in opposite directions.

Both schools serve PK–05 and show nearly identical demographic footprints. Green Valley Elementary School enrolls 479 students with 50% qualifying for free or reduced lunch; Gwin Elementary School enrolls 516 students with 47% on free or reduced lunch — a 37-student enrollment gap and a 3-point FRL difference that amounts to statistical similarity. Student-teacher ratios are comparably tight: 12.6:1 at Green Valley versus 12.9:1 at Gwin, giving Green Valley a marginal per-student attention advantage without a meaningful real-world gap.

At the program and grade level, both schools span the same PK–05 range, meaning families with children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade will find equivalent grade access at either campus. Neither school holds a structural programmatic advantage over the other based on available data — the differentiation is entirely within the performance metrics described above.