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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042000205
Blountsville Elementary School
260 Page St, Blountsville, AL 35031 · (205) 775-1990 · Blount County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest 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
17.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
397 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 22 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
58.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.6%
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 29 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Blountsville Elementary School
Blountsville Elementary School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blountsville Elementary School this school | 648 | 61.3% | 41.2% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary School Lester | 631 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| Valley Junior High School Jasper | 602 | 55.0% | 49.1% |
| Elkmont Elementary School Elkmont | 599 | 63.6% | 53.0% |
| Haleyville Elementary School Haleyville | 785 | 58.9% | 60.0% |
| Hanceville Elementary School Hanceville | 648 | 61.0% | 47.3% |
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 Blountsville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #410 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #418 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #380 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #137 of 709 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #440 of 655 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #385 of 658 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #328 of 696 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #177 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
648
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 648 | 36.3 | 17.8:1 | 61% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 37.5 | 18.0:1 | 71% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 34.5 | 19.1:1 | 71% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 68% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 37.7 | 16.2:1 | 68% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 69% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 67% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 49% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 29 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blountsville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (611 to 648); teachers down 4% (37.7 to 36.3).
About Blountsville Elementary School
Blountsville Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Blountsville, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 648 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Blountsville Elementary School is one of the 14 schools that make up Blount County (7,600 students in total).
More than half of the students at Blountsville Elementary School are White (72%). The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic. In Blount County overall, about 88% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
There are about 17.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Blountsville Elementary School, which has 36.3. The school's 17.8:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 61%. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Blount County.
On the allk12 Grade, Blountsville Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 28% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Test results at Blountsville Elementary School are 1.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.2% actual, 39.5% predicted).
Blount County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $64,190 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Blountsville Elementary School shares Blount County with 19 other public schools.
JB Pennington High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Blountsville Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Blountsville Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 26 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.6:1 to 17.8:1 over the same years.
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Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Hayden High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Locust Fork ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Hayden Primary SchoolElementary · 530 students
Other schools in Blountsville
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- JB Pennington High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- Susan Moore High SchoolHigh · 440 students
Nearby schools
- JB Pennington High School0.2 mi · 507
- Cleveland High School6.4 mi · 389
- Cleveland Elementary School6.4 mi · 499
- Holly Pond Elementary School6.6 mi · 634
- Holly Pond High School6.6 mi · 278
- Susan Moore Elementary School8.9 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Blountsville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blountsville Elementary School?
Blountsville Elementary School enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-06.
Is Blountsville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blountsville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Blountsville Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Blountsville Elementary School.
How diverse is Blountsville Elementary School?
Blountsville Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Blountsville Elementary School?
Blountsville Elementary School is overseen by Blount County in Blount County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.