Coosa Valley Elementary School

Coosa Valley Elementary School is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Cropwell, Alabama, one of the schools within Pell City, caters to 404 students in grades K through 4.

Pell City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,079 students; Coosa Valley Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Coosa Valley Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Coosa Valley Elementary School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Clair County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coosa Valley Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.4%; actual is 69.5%, +27.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household earnings sit near $77,463, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Coosa Valley Elementary School is one of 29 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students).

The closest other public school is Walter M Kennedy School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coosa Valley Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Coosa Valley Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 404). The White share of enrollment shrank from 83% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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