Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339001277
Crestmont Elementary School
2400 34th Ave, Northport, AL 35476 · (205) 342-2695 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
200 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 48% larger than its 4th grade class (40).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
41.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
24.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Crestmont Elementary School
Crestmont Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestmont Elementary School this school | 268 | 74.6% | 31.3% |
| Loachapoka Elementary School Loachapoka | 332 | 75.9% | 28.8% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Bessemer | 290 | 71.7% | 26.3% |
| Inglenook School Birmingham | 312 | 79.2% | 17.7% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Huntsville | 397 | 75.1% | 22.6% |
| Morningview Elementary School Montgomery | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
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 Crestmont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #493 of 626 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #463 of 626 | #24 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #531 of 626 | #26 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #602 of 709 | #30 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #22 of 655 | #1 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #142 of 658 | #5 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #157 of 696 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #69 of 364 | #3 of 16 |
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
268
-73 (-21%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 75% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 79% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 16.5 | 16.4:1 | 79% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 22 | 15.5:1 | 79% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 81% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | 49% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 74% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 65% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestmont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (350 to 268); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Crestmont Elementary School
Crestmont Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Northport, Alabama. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 268 students enrolled. That is 44% below the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa County oversees Crestmont Elementary School and 34 other schools, with 19,278 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Crestmont Elementary School is 53% Black. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 12% White, and 2% multiracial. The school's Black share is 22 points above the 31% share among Tuscaloosa County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Crestmont Elementary School are from different groups.
Crestmont Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 75% at Crestmont Elementary School. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Tuscaloosa County is 21 points.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Crestmont Elementary School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 29.8%.
For Tuscaloosa County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,231, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 58 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,508, Crestmont Elementary School among them.
Lloyd Wood Education Center, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Crestmont Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Crestmont Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 341 to 268, a 21% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.5:1 to 13.4:1.
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Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscaloosa County
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Lake View Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
Other schools in Northport
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Echols Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Northport Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Northport Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 500 students
Other Crestmont Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Crestmont Elementary. Crestmont Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Crestmont ElementaryRoseville, CA · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Lloyd Wood Education Center0.5 mi · 205
- Echols Middle School0.6 mi · 738
- Matthews Elementary School1.4 mi · 401
- FaucettVestavia Elementary School1.5 mi · 343
- CollinsRiverside Middle School1.5 mi · 318
- Flatwoods Elementary School2.0 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Crestmont Elementary SchoolHow large is Crestmont Elementary School?
Crestmont Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Crestmont Elementary School serve?
Crestmont Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Crestmont Elementary School have?
Crestmont Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Crestmont Elementary School?
Student demographics at Crestmont Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 32% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Crestmont Elementary School in?
Crestmont Elementary School is part of Tuscaloosa County.
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