Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243000998
Catoma Elementary School
1780 Mitchell Young Rd, Montgomery, AL 36108 · (334) 288-5799 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
166 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
26.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Catoma Elementary School
Catoma Elementary School's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catoma Elementary School this school | 216 | 76.9% | 16.4% |
| Lipscomb Elementary School Lipscomb | 221 | 73.8% | 51.4% |
| Tarrant Elementary School Tarrant | 307 | 76.9% | N/A |
| West Decatur Elementary School Decatur | 407 | 81.1% | 26.1% |
| Brighton School Brighton | 336 | 82.7% | 31.1% |
| BanksCaddell Elementary School Decatur | 477 | 76.5% | 30.4% |
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 Catoma Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #616 of 626 | #29 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #604 of 626 | #28 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #615 of 626 | #26 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #643 of 709 | #32 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #206 of 655 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #285 of 658 | #8 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #131 of 696 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #37 of 364 | #1 of 22 |
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
216
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 216 | 13.5 | 16.0:1 | 77% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 82% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 12 | 16.9:1 | 88% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 88% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 17 | 19.2:1 | 63% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 81% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 61% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 202 | 11 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catoma Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (307 to 216); teachers down 29% (19 to 13.5).
About Catoma Elementary School
Catoma Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Montgomery, Alabama. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 216 students. That is 55% below the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
The 51 schools in Montgomery County enroll 26,958 students altogether, Catoma Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Catoma Elementary School. The remaining shares are 26% Black and 8% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 5%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
On staff are 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. Catoma Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 77%. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Catoma Elementary School is 11.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 16.4%. Predicted: 28.1%.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $59,386, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 31,131, Catoma Elementary School among them.
King Elementary, about 3.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Catoma Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 216, down from 237 in 2020-21.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
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- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
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- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
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Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- King Elementary3.6 mi · 293
- Southlawn Middle School5.7 mi · 494
- Southlawn Elementary School6.0 mi · 395
- Carver Elementary School6.9 mi · 374
- LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute7.3 mi · 599
- McIntyre Comprehensive Academy7.4 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Catoma Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Catoma Elementary School?
Catoma Elementary School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Catoma Elementary School serve?
Catoma Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Catoma Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Catoma Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Catoma Elementary School?
Student demographics at Catoma Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 64% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Catoma Elementary School in?
Catoma Elementary School is part of Montgomery County.
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