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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000375
Cold Springs Elementary School
8999 County Road 109, Bremen, AL 35033 · (256) 287-1247 · Cullman County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
201 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
74.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
43.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Cold Springs Elementary School
Cold Springs Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs Elementary School this school | 500 | 40.2% | 58.7% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Bessemer | 576 | 38.9% | 49.2% |
| Lexington Elementary School Lexington | 454 | 35.9% | 58.3% |
| Whitesboro Elementary School Boaz | 423 | 42.8% | 66.6% |
| Hayden Primary School Hayden | 530 | 36.0% | N/A |
| Barkley Bridge Elementary School Hartselle | 419 | 36.8% | 84.6% |
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 Cold Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #204 of 626 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #270 of 626 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #170 of 626 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #295 of 709 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #317 of 655 | #8 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #635 of 658 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #573 of 696 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #244 of 262 | #8 of 10 |
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
500
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 500 | 29.7 | 16.9:1 | 40% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 31.5 | 16.0:1 | 61% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 30.5 | 17.0:1 | 61% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 44% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 31.5 | 15.6:1 | 55% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 50% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 55% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 46% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cold Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (493 to 500); teachers down 6% (31.5 to 29.7).
About Cold Springs Elementary School
Cold Springs Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Bremen, Alabama, (ZIP code 35033). It enrolls 500 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8.
Cold Springs Elementary School is one of 25 schools in Cullman County, which enrolls 9,901 students in total.
The share of students at Cold Springs Elementary School who are White is 94%. Other groups make up 4% multiracial. Cullman County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Cold Springs Elementary School are from different groups.
Cold Springs Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1, with 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is about 17.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at Cold Springs Elementary School.
On the allk12 Grade, Cold Springs Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 51% of Alabama public elementary schools.
In Alabama, Cold Springs Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.7% actual against a predicted 54.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cullman County show that the median household earns about $62,656 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Cullman County has 34 public schools with about 13,144 students, including Cold Springs Elementary School.
Cold Springs Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Cold Springs High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cold Springs Elementary School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Cold Springs Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Cold Springs Elementary School enrolled 469 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 500.
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Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Cold Springs High School0.1 mi · 235
- Curry High School10.6 mi · 364
- Curry Elementary School10.7 mi · 550
- Curry Middle School10.7 mi · 353
- Harmony School11.3 mi · 337
- Good Hope Primary School11.6 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Cold Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cold Springs Elementary School?
Cold Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Cold Springs Elementary School serve?
Cold Springs Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cold Springs Elementary School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Cold Springs Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cold Springs Elementary School?
At Cold Springs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Cold Springs Elementary School in?
Cold Springs Elementary School is part of Cullman County.
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