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Alumni: what's one memory from Airport Road Intermediate School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 750 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMORE COUNTY·NCES 010129002147
Airport Road Intermediate School
384 Blackmon Farm Lane, Coosada, AL 36020 · (334) 285-2115 · Elmore County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
308 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 262 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 274 | 51% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elmore County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
42.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 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 Airport Road Intermediate School
Airport Road Intermediate School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Road Intermediate School this school | 536 | 57.5% | 49.4% |
| Mary B Austin Elementary School Mobile | 506 | 57.3% | 52.9% |
| Prattville Primary School Prattville | 544 | 55.0% | N/A |
| Harvest School Harvest | 663 | 53.1% | 41.6% |
| Oliver Elementary School Seale | 481 | 55.1% | 38.5% |
| Fairfax Elementary School Valley | 689 | 58.2% | 40.4% |
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 Airport Road Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Elmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #310 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #283 of 626 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #273 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #248 of 709 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #554 of 655 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #48 of 658 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #377 of 696 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #68 of 364 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
536
-48 (-8%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 536 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 57% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 76% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 60% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 33 | 21.2:1 | 57% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 60% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 52% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Airport Road Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (700 to 536); teachers down 15% (33 to 28).
About Airport Road Intermediate School
Airport Road Intermediate School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Coosada, Alabama. It is open to students in grades 3 through 4 and enrolls 536 students.
Elmore County has 16 schools; together they serve 11,741 students.
The biggest share of students at Airport Road Intermediate School, 41%, is Black. Next come 37% White, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Black among all Elmore County residents. The diversity index for Airport Road Intermediate School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Airport Road Intermediate School reported 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.1:1. The school's 19.1:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. Roughly 57% of students at Airport Road Intermediate School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Elmore County.
On the allk12 Grade, Airport Road Intermediate School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Airport Road Intermediate School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.4% is 7.1 points above the 42.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Elmore County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,243, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,867, Airport Road Intermediate School among them.
About 0.7 miles separate Airport Road Intermediate School from the closest public school, Coosada Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Airport Road Intermediate School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Airport Road Intermediate School's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 584 to 536.
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Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmore County
- Wetumpka High SchoolHigh · 1,219 students
- Stanhope Elmore High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Millbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Holtville Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Wetumpka Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Coosada Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
Nearby schools
- Coosada Elementary School0.7 mi · 797
- Millbrook Middle School1.6 mi · 1,071
- Stanhope Elmore High School1.9 mi · 1,123
- Ivy Classical Academy4.7 mi · 619
- Daniel Pratt Elementary School6.3 mi · 1,035
- Prattville High School7.4 mi · 1,844
Frequently asked questions
About Airport Road Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Airport Road Intermediate School?
Airport Road Intermediate School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does Airport Road Intermediate School serve?
Airport Road Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Airport Road Intermediate School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Airport Road Intermediate School.
How diverse is Airport Road Intermediate School?
Airport Road Intermediate School reports a student body of 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Airport Road Intermediate School public or private?
Airport Road Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.