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Ashville Elementary School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ashville Elementary School
Located at 33225 Highway 231, in Ashville, Alabama, Ashville Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that teaches 476 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by St Clair County.
Across the 18 schools in St Clair County (9,658 students total), Ashville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Ashville Elementary School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, Ashville Elementary School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Ashville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Ashville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household earnings sit near $77,463, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students), of which Ashville Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Ashville Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ashville Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ashville Elementary School has grew 3%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
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