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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bay Minette Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027001708
Bay Minette Elementary School
800 Blackburn Ave, Bay Minette, AL 36507 · (251) 937-7651 · Baldwin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- C+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
15.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
534 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 55 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
57.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
25.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Bay Minette Elementary School
Bay Minette Elementary School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Minette Elementary School this school | 814 | 65.6% | 41.7% |
| Ashford Elementary School Ashford | 668 | 65.6% | 62.7% |
| Jim Pearson Elementary School Alexander City | 704 | 60.8% | N/A |
| McDavidJones Elementary School Citronelle | 826 | 66.0% | 50.0% |
| Calera Elementary Calera | 766 | 64.8% | N/A |
| Allentown Elementary School Semmes | 843 | 58.7% | 52.9% |
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 Bay Minette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #406 of 626 | #20 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #448 of 626 | #21 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #387 of 626 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #50 of 709 | #11 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #133 of 655 | #12 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #150 of 658 | #6 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #278 of 696 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #200 of 364 | #7 of 10 |
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
814
+165 (+25%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,191
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 814 | 52.9 | 15.4:1 | 66% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 50.9 | 15.8:1 | 77% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 48.8 | 16.3:1 | 73% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 63% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 52.8 | 17.2:1 | 65% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 63% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 59% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 56% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 1,191 | 68 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Minette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (910 to 814); teachers unchanged (52.8 to 52.9).
About Bay Minette Elementary School
Bay Minette Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Bay Minette, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 814 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Bay Minette Elementary School is in Baldwin County, a district with 31,965 students across 42 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Bay Minette Elementary School is White: 52%. Other groups make up 35% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Baldwin County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
On staff are 52.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Bay Minette Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 66%. Public schools in Baldwin County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bay Minette Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bay Minette Elementary School is 36.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Baldwin County show that median household income comes to about $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baldwin County counts 51 public schools with about 35,975 students.
Baldwin County High School sits about 1.2 miles from Bay Minette Elementary School. Bay Minette Elementary School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Bay Minette Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Bay Minette Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 814 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 649.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Bay Minette
- Baldwin County High SchoolHigh · 940 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Bay Minette Middle SchoolMiddle · 432 students
- Delta Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- North Baldwin Center For TechnologyHigh
Nearby schools
- Baldwin County High School1.2 mi · 940
- Bay Minette Middle School1.3 mi · 432
- Pine Grove Elementary School2.3 mi · 449
- Delta Elementary School8.3 mi · 228
- Stapleton School10.3 mi · 203
- Perdido Elementary School11.9 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Minette Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bay Minette Elementary School?
Bay Minette Elementary School enrolls approximately 814 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Bay Minette Elementary School serve?
Bay Minette Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bay Minette Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bay Minette Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bay Minette Elementary School?
At Bay Minette Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 5% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bay Minette Elementary School public or private?
Bay Minette Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.