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
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.4:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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 →
Schools most like Choctaw County Elementary
Choctaw County Elementary's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw County Elementary this school | 295 | 76.9% | 20.4% |
| Sophia P Kingston Elementary School Selma | 305 | 76.7% | 22.3% |
| Legacy Prep Birmingham | 317 | 77.3% | 34.8% |
| Meadowview Elementary School Selma | 334 | 76.3% | 34.0% |
| WD Robbins Elementary School Prichard | 265 | 73.6% | 43.6% |
| Oakdale Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 292 | 80.5% | 27.5% |
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 Choctaw County Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #597 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #611 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #585 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #571 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #378 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #609 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #128 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #80 of 364 |
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
295
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 295 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 77% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 75% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 78% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 76% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 78% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 71% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 86% (438) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Choctaw County Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (379 to 295); teachers down 19% (21 to 17).
About Choctaw County Elementary
Choctaw County Elementary is a small elementary school in Butler, Alabama, one of the schools in Choctaw County. It has an enrollment of 295 students in pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 480.
Choctaw County Elementary is run by Choctaw County, whose 4 schools enroll 1,025 students.
The share of students at Choctaw County Elementary who are Black is 92%. The remaining students are 7% White. Among people living in Choctaw County, the Black share is about 38%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Choctaw County Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.4 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 77% of the student body. Public schools in Choctaw County average a similar 75%.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Choctaw County Elementary outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Choctaw County Elementary is 7.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.4% versus 28.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Looking at the county, Choctaw County, the median household earns about $47,813 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Choctaw County has 4 public schools with about 1,025 students, including Choctaw County Elementary.
Choctaw County Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Choctaw County High School, its nearest public school. Nearby schools average 36.2% on proficiency, and Choctaw County Elementary is below that at 20.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Choctaw County Elementary had a net loss of 21 students, or 7%.
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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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