Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHOCTAW COUNTY·NCES 010069001561
Choctaw County Elementary
201 Tom Orr Drive, Butler, AL 36904 · (205) 459-3520 · Choctaw County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
227 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
35.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
8.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
-84 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.1:1
% White
7%
was 13%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
92%
was 86%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Choctaw County Elementary
Choctaw County Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Butler, Alabama, operated by Choctaw County. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 480.
Across the 4 schools in Choctaw County (1,025 students total), Choctaw County Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Choctaw County Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). The remainder reads as 7% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.
On the resource side, On paper, Choctaw County Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at Choctaw County Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Choctaw County Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 20.4%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Choctaw County) logs that median household income runs about $47,813, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Choctaw County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,025 students), of which Choctaw County Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Choctaw County High School, around 0.2 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Choctaw County Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.2%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Choctaw County Elementary has declined 22%, going from 379 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 13% to 7% over that span.
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Choctaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,380
Census ACS
Median income
$47,813
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Choctaw County
- Southern Choctaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Choctaw County High SchoolHigh · 231 students
- Southern Choctaw High SchoolHigh · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Choctaw County High School0.2 mi · 231
- Southern Choctaw High School17.3 mi · 211
- Southern Choctaw Elementary School17.3 mi · 288
- Sweet Water High School21.6 mi · 600
- Kinterbish Junior High School22.7 mi · 65
- Marengo High School25.3 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Choctaw County ElementaryHow large is Choctaw County Elementary?
Choctaw County Elementary enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Choctaw County Elementary serve?
Choctaw County Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Choctaw County Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Choctaw County Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Choctaw County Elementary?
Choctaw County Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 1% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Choctaw County Elementary in?
Choctaw County Elementary is part of Choctaw County.
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