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Enrollment
891
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303001822
Chelsea Park Elementary School
9000 Chelsea Park Trail, Chelsea, AL 35043 · (205) 682-6700 · Shelby County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL891 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- B-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
16.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
268 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 160 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (160) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
77.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Chelsea Park Elementary School
Chelsea Park Elementary School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Park Elementary School this school | 891 | 30.1% | 68.7% |
| Helena Elementary School Helena | 778 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Daphne East Elementary School Daphne | 947 | 33.9% | 64.7% |
| Helena Intermediate School Helena | 955 | 28.8% | 66.4% |
| Fairhope West Elementary Fairhope | 972 | 27.0% | 76.1% |
| McBride Elementary School Muscle Shoals | 647 | 34.2% | 74.1% |
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 Chelsea Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #98 of 626 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #112 of 626 | #8 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #132 of 626 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 891 | #35 of 709 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #227 of 655 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #334 of 658 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #638 of 696 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #144 of 262 | #5 of 7 |
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
891
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 891 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 30% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 890 | 44.7 | 19.9:1 | 32% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 44.7 | 19.4:1 | 31% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 867 | 53 | 16.4:1 | 19% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 47.5 | 17.2:1 | 19% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 45 | 18.7:1 | 18% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 55 | 14.2:1 | 20% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chelsea Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (818 to 891); teachers up 16% (47.5 to 55).
About Chelsea Park Elementary School
At 9000 Chelsea Park Trail in Chelsea, Alabama, Chelsea Park Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. It teaches 891 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 86% higher.
Shelby County is responsible for 29 schools, Chelsea Park Elementary School included, with 20,638 students in all.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Chelsea Park Elementary School. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 16.2:1 is based on 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%. On average, public schools in Shelby County report 42%.
Chelsea Park Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 71% of Alabama public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Chelsea Park Elementary School is 6.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 68.7%. Predicted: 62.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Shelby County show that median household income comes to about $97,961, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 48, with about 35,120 students.
Chelsea Park Elementary School is about 3.0 miles from Forest Oaks Elementary School, its nearest public school. Chelsea Park Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.1% on proficiency, and Chelsea Park Elementary School is above that at 68.7%.
Federal data place Chelsea Park Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school grew from 867 students in 2020-21 to 891 in 2024-25.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby County
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Calera HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
Other schools in Chelsea
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Chelsea Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Forest Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Oaks Elementary School3.0 mi · 606
- Chelsea Middle School3.3 mi · 831
- Mt Laurel Elementary School5.6 mi · 498
- Chelsea High School5.9 mi · 1,235
- Greystone Elementary School7.2 mi · 438
- Oak Mountain Middle School8.1 mi · 1,168
Frequently asked questions
About Chelsea Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chelsea Park Elementary School?
Chelsea Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 891 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Chelsea Park Elementary School serve?
Chelsea Park Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Chelsea Park Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Chelsea Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Chelsea Park Elementary School?
Chelsea Park Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Chelsea Park Elementary School?
Chelsea Park Elementary School is overseen by Shelby County in Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.