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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTSELLE CITY·NCES 010173000328
Barkley Bridge Elementary School
2333 Barkley Bridge Rd, Hartselle, AL 35640 · (256) 773-1931 · Morgan County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% 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
16.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
154 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Barkley Bridge Elementary School→Hartselle Intermediate School→Hartselle Junior High School→Hartselle High School
Based on grade levels within Hartselle City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
95.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
74.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
84.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 27 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 Barkley Bridge Elementary School
Barkley Bridge Elementary School's state test result (84.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkley Bridge Elementary School this school | 419 | 36.8% | 84.6% |
| Lexington Elementary School Lexington | 454 | 35.9% | 58.3% |
| Addison Elementary School Addison | 346 | 37.6% | 66.8% |
| Hayden Primary School Hayden | 530 | 36.0% | N/A |
| East Elementary School Cullman | 466 | 32.2% | 82.6% |
| Red Bay Elementary Red Bay | 410 | 41.2% | 59.0% |
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 Barkley Bridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #10 of 626 | #1 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #27 of 626 | #2 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.9% | #5 of 626 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #417 of 709 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #306 of 655 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #586 of 658 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #604 of 696 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #108 of 262 | #7 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
419
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 37% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 31% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 21.3 | 17.3:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 18% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 8% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barkley Bridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (369 to 419); teachers up 17% (21.3 to 25).
About Barkley Bridge Elementary School
Barkley Bridge Elementary School is one of the public schools in Hartselle, Alabama. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 419 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 4.
Barkley Bridge Elementary School is one school in Hartselle City, a system of 6 schools with 3,683 students.
Barkley Bridge Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 90% White. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 74% White among all Morgan County residents. By the diversity index, Barkley Bridge Elementary School comes in at 18%.
Barkley Bridge Elementary School counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.8 students for each one. Elementary schools in Alabama average about 17.0:1, a similar figure. About 37% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 56% for public schools in Morgan County.
The allk12 Grade for Barkley Bridge Elementary School is A+. Compared with Alabama public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Barkley Bridge Elementary School is +27.4 points, in the top 10% of Alabama. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 84.6%, and the predicted rate is 57.2%.
Across Morgan County, median household income is about $68,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Morgan County number 46 and enroll about 20,204.
Of nearby public schools, Crestline Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Barkley Bridge Elementary School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Barkley Bridge Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Barkley Bridge Elementary School had 431 students in 2020-21 and 419 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
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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 Hartselle City
- Hartselle High SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Hartselle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Hartselle Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- FE Burleson Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Hartselle
- Hartselle High SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Hartselle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Hartselle Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- FE Burleson Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Morgan County Learning CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Crestline Elementary School1.3 mi · 710
- Hartselle Intermediate School1.4 mi · 522
- Hartselle Junior High School1.5 mi · 553
- Hartselle High School3.0 mi · 1,027
- FE Burleson Elementary School3.1 mi · 452
- Falkville Elementary School4.2 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Barkley Bridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Barkley Bridge Elementary School?
Barkley Bridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Barkley Bridge Elementary School serve?
Barkley Bridge Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barkley Bridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barkley Bridge Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barkley Bridge Elementary School?
At Barkley Bridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Barkley Bridge Elementary School?
Barkley Bridge Elementary School is overseen by Hartselle City in Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.