Enrollment
113
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELMA CITY·NCES 010297001151
Clark Elementary School
405 Lawrence St, Selma, AL 36703 · (334) 874-1630 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL113 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-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
14.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
110 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Selma City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 Clark Elementary School
Clark Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary School this school | 113 | 97.3% | 27.4% |
| Payne Elementary School Selma | 164 | 96.3% | 29.0% |
| Southside Primary School Selma | 147 | 87.8% | N/A |
| Fort Deposit Elementary School Fort Deposit | 186 | 87.1% | 28.6% |
| Meadowlane Elementary School Phenix City | 155 | 83.2% | 35.4% |
| Monroe Intermediate School Lower Peachtree | 55 | 90.9% | N/A |
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 Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #537 of 626 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #514 of 626 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #504 of 626 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 113 | #696 of 709 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #1 of 696 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -67.8% | #3 of 364 | #1 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
113
-92 (-45%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 97% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 8 | 17.3:1 | 92% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 137 | 11 | 12.4:1 | 92% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 12 | 17.1:1 | 93% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 22.5 | 15.6:1 | 93% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 78% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 84% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 99% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 68% (351 to 113); teachers down 64% (22.5 to 8).
About Clark Elementary School
In Selma, Alabama, Clark Elementary School is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 113 students. The school's enrollment is 76% smaller than the 480 average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Selma City counts 2,301 students in its 8 schools, and Clark Elementary School is one of them.
Black students are the large majority at Clark Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% White. Dallas County as a whole is about 70% Black, so the school's share is higher. Clark Elementary School has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Clark Elementary School is 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.1:1. That ratio is under the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. Public schools in Dallas County average 85%.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Clark Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Clark Elementary School is 14.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (27.4% versus 13.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Dallas County has about 36,858 residents, and median household income is about $35,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 26% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 23 and enroll about 4,584.
Nearby, Payne Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Clark Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21 the school reported 205 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 113. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Clark Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,858
Census ACS
Median income
$35,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,584 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Selma City
- Selma High SchoolHigh · 680 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Sophia P Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- The RBHudson STEAM AcademyMiddle · 279 students
- Payne Elementary SchoolElementary · 164 students
Other schools in Selma
- Selma High SchoolHigh · 680 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Sophia P Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
- The RBHudson STEAM AcademyMiddle · 279 students
Other Clark Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Clark Elementary. Clark Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 21.
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 858 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 828 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 712 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 615 students
- Clark ElementaryISSAQUAH, WA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Payne Elementary School0.6 mi · 164
- Sophia P Kingston Elementary School0.6 mi · 305
- The RBHudson STEAM Academy1.1 mi · 279
- Selma High School1.2 mi · 680
- Saints Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 24
- Edgewood Elementary School1.5 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 113 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Clark Elementary School serve?
Clark Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Clark Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Clark Elementary School.
How diverse is Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School is overseen by Selma City in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.