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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELL CITY·NCES 010265001569
Coosa Valley Elementary School
3609 Martin St S, Cropwell, AL 35054 · (205) 338-7713 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
231 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
85.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
58.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 Coosa Valley Elementary School
Coosa Valley Elementary School's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa Valley Elementary School this school | 404 | 57.2% | 69.5% |
| Madison County Elementary School Gurley | 421 | 55.8% | 51.9% |
| Geneva County Elementary School Hartford | 474 | 57.6% | 68.8% |
| Oakman Elementary School Oakman | 356 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Walter M Kennedy School Pell City | 437 | 61.3% | 62.2% |
| Cora Castlen Elementary Grand Bay | 423 | 55.1% | 61.4% |
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 Coosa Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #88 of 626 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #124 of 626 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #52 of 626 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #433 of 709 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #222 of 655 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #433 of 658 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #379 of 696 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #319 of 364 | N/A |
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
404
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 57% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 51% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 53% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 41% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 23.5 | 17.7:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 49% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 44% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 16 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coosa Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (417 to 404); teachers up 6% (23.5 to 25).
About Coosa Valley Elementary School
At 3609 Martin St S in Cropwell, Alabama, Coosa Valley Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 404 students enrolled.
Coosa Valley Elementary School is among 8 schools run by Pell City, which serves 4,079 students.
More than half of the students at Coosa Valley Elementary School are White (78%). Other reported shares: 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
Teacher count: 25 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.2:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. The average for public schools in St. Clair County is 49%.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Coosa Valley Elementary School outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Coosa Valley Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 27.1 points (69.5% versus 42.4%), a top-10% result in Alabama on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Clair County show that median household income comes to about $77,463, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 29, with about 13,737 students.
Walter M Kennedy School is the nearest public school to Coosa Valley Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Coosa Valley Elementary School is ahead of the 45.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES describes the area around Coosa Valley Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,166
Census ACS
Median income
$77,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
13,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pell City
- Pell City High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Duran Junior High SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Walter M Kennedy SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Iola Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Eden Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Walter M Kennedy School1.6 mi · 437
- Williams Intermediate School2.0 mi · 598
- Legacy Center2.7 mi · 98
- Duran Junior High School3.1 mi · 601
- Pell City High School3.2 mi · 1,193
- Iola Roberts Elementary School4.0 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Coosa Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coosa Valley Elementary School?
Coosa Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Coosa Valley Elementary School serve?
Coosa Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Coosa Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Coosa Valley Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Coosa Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Coosa Valley Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 3% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Coosa Valley Elementary School in?
Coosa Valley Elementary School is part of Pell City.
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