Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge
Vestavia Hills, AL · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge is a elementary school in Vestavia Hills, AL with 679 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Vestavia Hills City. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge is a elementary school located in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The school serves 679 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge is part of the Vestavia Hills City in Alabama.
How This School Compares
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge has 679 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Vestavia Hills City (785 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points above the district average of 66%. Compared to the Alabama state average of 45%, the school performs 27 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge has 679 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge is part of the Vestavia Hills City in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.