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What's the biggest difference between Ashville Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CLAIR COUNTY·NCES 010306201622
Ashville Elementary School
33225 Highway 231, Ashville, AL 35953 · (205) 594-5242 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
14.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
260 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (96).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
52.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What 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.
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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Ashville Elementary School
Ashville Elementary School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville Elementary School this school | 476 | 54.6% | 59.8% |
| Winfield Elementary School Winfield | 499 | 53.7% | 71.8% |
| Madison County Elementary School Gurley | 421 | 55.8% | 51.9% |
| DanvilleNeel Elementary School Danville | 504 | 53.6% | 65.3% |
| Colbert Heights Elementary School Tuscumbia | 486 | 56.0% | 47.8% |
| West Point Elementary School Cullman | 496 | 51.8% | 53.9% |
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 Ashville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #190 of 626 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #169 of 626 | #5 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #231 of 626 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #337 of 709 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #87 of 655 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #438 of 658 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #419 of 696 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #218 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
476
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 55% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 72% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 62% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 69% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 69% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 75% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 60% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 22 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (460 to 476); teachers up 14% (28 to 32).
About Ashville Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Ashville Elementary School serves students in Ashville, Alabama. It teaches 476 students in pre-K through 4.
Enrollment across the 18 schools in St Clair County totals 9,658 students.
More than half of the students at Ashville Elementary School are White (79%). Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.9:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Of all students at Ashville Elementary School, 55% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ashville Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ashville Elementary School is 44.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.8%.
In St. Clair County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,463 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ashville Elementary School, St. Clair County has 29 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ashville Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Ashville Elementary School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 476 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 463. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 14.9:1.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,166
Census ACS
Median income
$77,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
13,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Clair County
- Moody Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Springville High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Springville Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 708 students
- Margaret ElementaryElementary · 707 students
Other schools in Ashville
- SCC Virtual Preparatory AcademyCombined · 418 students
- Ashville High SchoolHigh · 378 students
- Ashville Middle SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- Eden Area Technical CenterHigh
- Ruben Yancy Alternative SchoolCombined
Other Ashville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ashville Elementary. Ashville Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Ashville Elementary SchoolAshville, OH · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Ashville Middle School0.0 mi · 371
- Ashville High School0.1 mi · 378
- Ragland High School8.5 mi · 411
- Appalachian School8.9 mi · 699
- Steele Elementary School9.1 mi · 141
- Saint Clair County High School10.1 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Ashville Elementary SchoolHow large is Ashville Elementary School?
Ashville Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Ashville Elementary School serve?
Ashville Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ashville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ashville Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashville Elementary School?
At Ashville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Ashville Elementary School public or private?
Ashville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St Clair County.
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