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What's something BanksCaddell Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR CITY·NCES 010117000432
BanksCaddell Elementary School
211 Gordon Dr SE, Decatur, AL 35601 · (256) 552-3040 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
365 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
42.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 BanksCaddell Elementary School
BanksCaddell Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BanksCaddell Elementary School this school | 477 | 76.5% | 30.4% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Decatur | 481 | 70.9% | 20.5% |
| Tarrant Intermediate School Tarrant | 404 | 77.5% | 22.0% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School Huntsville | 463 | 69.8% | 28.8% |
| Irondale Community School Irondale | 435 | 71.7% | 33.1% |
| Austinville Elementary School Decatur | 463 | 67.6% | 41.9% |
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 BanksCaddell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #505 of 626 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #499 of 626 | #21 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #520 of 626 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #331 of 709 | #6 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #304 of 655 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #145 of 658 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #140 of 696 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #253 of 262 | #12 of 12 |
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
477
+55 (+13%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 265
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 477 | 28.5 | 16.7:1 | 77% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 25.5 | 17.5:1 | 86% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 24.5 | 18.5:1 | 88% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 89% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 29.5 | 16.0:1 | 89% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 56% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 18 | 11.4:1 | 78% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 265 | 17 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BanksCaddell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (473 to 477); teachers down 3% (29.5 to 28.5).
About BanksCaddell Elementary School
BanksCaddell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Decatur, Alabama. Enrollment totals 477 students across pre-K through 5.
The district, Decatur City, operates 19 schools serving 8,902 students.
More than half of the students at BanksCaddell Elementary School are Hispanic (55%). The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Morgan County's population at about 11%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BanksCaddell Elementary School scores 61%.
With 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.7:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Roughly 77% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Morgan County averages 56%, lower than here.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, BanksCaddell Elementary School outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.4% for BanksCaddell Elementary School. The school posts 30.4%, 2.0 points above the prediction.
Census data for Morgan County show median household income comes to about $68,845, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,204, BanksCaddell Elementary School among them.
Decatur Middle School is the nearest public school to BanksCaddell Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. BanksCaddell Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.1% proficiency; BanksCaddell Elementary School posts 30.4%.
In the federal locale system, BanksCaddell Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 422 to 477.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur City
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Decatur Middle School0.6 mi · 818
- Decatur High Developmental0.8 mi · 37
- Decatur High School0.8 mi · 915
- West Decatur Elementary School0.8 mi · 407
- Oak Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 481
- Benjamin Davis Elementary School1.6 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About BanksCaddell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend BanksCaddell Elementary School?
BanksCaddell Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BanksCaddell Elementary School serve?
BanksCaddell Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BanksCaddell Elementary School have?
BanksCaddell Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at BanksCaddell Elementary School?
Student demographics at BanksCaddell Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 55% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is BanksCaddell Elementary School in?
BanksCaddell Elementary School is part of Decatur City.
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