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AH Watwood Elementary School

3002 Limbaugh Blvd, Childersburg, AL 35044 · (256) 315-5460 · Talladega County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Alabama public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools

Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 480
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
207 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K166%
Kindergarten4817%
Grade 14215%
Grade 24315%
Grade 33813%
Grade 44415%
Grade 55820%

This year's kindergarten class (48) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).

Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
13045%
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
166%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
12242%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
217%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
15052%
Female
13948%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
72.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
48.5%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.

Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Alabama's top 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like AH Watwood Elementary School

AH Watwood Elementary School's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
AH Watwood Elementary School this school28971.6%56.1%
Abbeville Elementary School
Abbeville
33874.9%25.6%
Elba Elementary School
Elba
37970.2%50.8%
Southern Choctaw Elementary School
Gilbertown
28870.8%34.7%
WA Threadgill Primary School
Sheffield
34469.8%N/A
Sycamore School
Alpine
34066.8%46.3%
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where AH Watwood Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Talladega County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
56.1%#229 of 626#1 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.5%#211 of 626#1 of 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.7%#190 of 626#2 of 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
289#579 of 709#9 of 11
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.6:1#408 of 655#2 of 10
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.1%#136 of 658#2 of 10
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
71.6%#194 of 696#2 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.3%#103 of 364#2 of 6
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
289
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2528916.417.6:172% (207)
2023-242841716.7:183% (236)
2022-232491516.6:180% (198)
2020-212731617.1:166% (179)
2017-1835823.515.2:168% (244)
2015-163762316.4:174% (277)
2010-113523011.7:180% (283)
2000-014042615.5:159% (240)
1990-914382219.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AH Watwood Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 19% (358 to 289); teachers down 30% (23.5 to 16.4).

About AH Watwood Elementary School

AH Watwood Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Childersburg, Alabama. Its enrollment is 289 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 480.

AH Watwood Elementary School is part of a district of 17 schools: Talladega County, with 7,321 students.

Of every 100 students at AH Watwood Elementary School, about 45 are White, the largest group. It is also 42% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Talladega County is roughly 62% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.

With 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.6:1. It is about the same as the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at AH Watwood Elementary School, 72% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Talladega County report 62%.

Among Alabama public elementary schools, AH Watwood Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.

AH Watwood Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 24.1 points (56.1% versus 31.9%), a top-10% result in Alabama on BeatsExpectations.

The county, Talladega County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $57,776, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 33 public schools and about 10,973 students.

Measured in a straight line, Childersburg High School is about 1.0 miles from AH Watwood Elementary School. The five-mile area around AH Watwood Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. The school's 56.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.

Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Federal enrollment counts increased from 273 (2020-21) to 289 (2024-25).

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Talladega County at a glance

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Population
81,021
Census ACS
Median income
$57,776
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,973 students

Quick facts

School name
AH Watwood Elementary School
District
Talladega County
Address
3002 Limbaugh Blvd, Childersburg, AL 35044
Phone
(256) 315-5460
County
Talladega County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
289
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
17.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
207 (72%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
010318001209
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About AH Watwood Elementary School
How large is AH Watwood Elementary School?
AH Watwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does AH Watwood Elementary School serve?
AH Watwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at AH Watwood Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at AH Watwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at AH Watwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at AH Watwood Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 6% Hispanic, 42% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is AH Watwood Elementary School public or private?
AH Watwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Talladega County.
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