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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON COUNTY·NCES 010177001668
Ashford Elementary School
100 Barfield St, Ashford, AL 36312 · (334) 726-5960 · Houston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
18.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
438 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Ashford Elementary School→Ashford Middle School
Based on grade levels within Houston County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 26 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 Ashford Elementary School
Ashford Elementary School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Elementary School this school | 668 | 65.6% | 62.7% |
| Weaver Elementary School Weaver | 544 | 66.4% | 44.5% |
| BB Comer Memorial Elementary School Sylacauga | 521 | 66.0% | 53.9% |
| McDavidJones Elementary School Citronelle | 826 | 66.0% | 50.0% |
| Bay Minette Elementary School Bay Minette | 814 | 65.6% | 41.7% |
| W S Neal Elementary School East Brewton | 500 | 67.6% | 42.6% |
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 Ashford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #150 of 626 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #114 of 626 | #6 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #165 of 626 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #125 of 709 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #483 of 655 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #260 of 658 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #279 of 696 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #243 of 262 | 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
668
+67 (+11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 668 | 36.6 | 18.3:1 | 66% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 38.6 | 17.2:1 | 68% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 38.6 | 16.2:1 | 68% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 61% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 63% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 44 | 17.8:1 | 63% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 68% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 919 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 57% (527) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 45 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (658 to 668); teachers down 4% (38 to 36.6).
About Ashford Elementary School
Ashford Elementary School serves students in Ashford, Alabama, as a mid-sized elementary school. It had 668 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 39% higher.
Houston County operates 14 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,907 students.
The student body at Ashford Elementary School is 63% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among Houston County residents, the White share is about 65%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Ashford Elementary School lists 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.3 students per teacher. The school's 18.3:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Houston County is close, at 63%.
Ashford Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 62.7%, is 26.4 points above the 36.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Alabama schools.
The county, Houston County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $58,626 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Houston County has 35 public schools with about 15,127 students, including Ashford Elementary School.
Ashford High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Ashford Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The school's 62.7% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Ashford Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 67 students, from 601 to 668. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.0:1 to 18.3:1.
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Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,140
Census ACS
Median income
$58,626
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,127 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Houston County
- Rehobeth High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Rehobeth Primary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Wicksburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Rehobeth Elementary SchoolMiddle · 590 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Wicksburg High SchoolHigh · 461 students
Other schools in Ashford
- Ashford High SchoolHigh · 413 students
- Ashford Middle SchoolMiddle · 316 students
Other Ashford Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ashford Elementary. Ashford Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Ashford Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Ashford High School0.5 mi · 413
- Ashford Middle School0.5 mi · 316
- Webb Elementary School6.3 mi · 419
- Hidden Lake Primary School7.1 mi · 476
- Beverlye Intermediate School7.4 mi · 338
- Faine Elementary School9.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Ashford Elementary SchoolHow large is Ashford Elementary School?
Ashford Elementary School enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ashford Elementary School serve?
Ashford Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ashford Elementary School have?
Ashford Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashford Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ashford Elementary School are roughly 63% White, 5% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ashford Elementary School in?
Ashford Elementary School is part of Houston County.
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