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Which teacher or staff member at Curry Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 010345001309
Curry Elementary School
85 Yellow Jacket Dr, Jasper, AL 35503 · (205) 387-7845 · Walker County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
320 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 63 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 35% larger than its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
65.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
35.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Curry Elementary School
Curry Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Elementary School this school | 550 | 58.2% | 46.9% |
| Colbert Heights Elementary School Tuscumbia | 486 | 56.0% | 47.8% |
| Carbon Hill ElementaryJunior High School Carbon Hill | 475 | 58.7% | 45.8% |
| J E Turner Elementary Wilmer | 529 | 61.4% | 66.4% |
| Breitling Elementary School Grand Bay | 471 | 59.4% | 49.2% |
| Piedmont Elementary School Piedmont | 542 | 58.9% | 76.5% |
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 Curry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Walker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #346 of 626 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #349 of 626 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #292 of 626 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #229 of 709 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #494 of 655 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #604 of 658 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #367 of 696 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #341 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
550
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 58% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 66% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 64% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 51% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 47% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 51% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 51% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 49% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 17 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (557 to 550); teachers unchanged (30 to 30).
About Curry Elementary School
Curry Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Alabama, with an address in Jasper. The school counted 550 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4.
Walker County serves 7,091 students across 17 schools.
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Curry Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Curry Elementary School comes to 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.0:1. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Curry Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 41.7%. Curry Elementary School scores 46.9%, 5.2 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Walker County show that median household income comes to about $56,509, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 24, with about 10,041 students.
The closest school to Curry Elementary School is Curry Middle School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Curry Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count increased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 15.9 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
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Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,841
Census ACS
Median income
$56,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walker County
- Sumiton Elementary SchoolElementary · 720 students
- Valley Junior High SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Dora High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Sumiton Middle SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- Carbon Hill ElementaryJunior High SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Cordova High SchoolHigh · 451 students
Other schools in Jasper
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Maddox Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Valley Junior High SchoolElementary · 602 students
- T R Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
- Memorial Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Jasper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 467 students
Other Curry Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Curry Elementary. Curry Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Curry Elementary SchoolTEMPE, AZ · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Curry Middle School0.1 mi · 353
- Curry High School0.1 mi · 364
- Meek Elementary School8.4 mi · 211
- Meek High School8.5 mi · 286
- Memorial Park Elementary School8.8 mi · 483
- Jasper Junior High School8.8 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Curry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Curry Elementary School?
Curry Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Curry Elementary School serve?
Curry Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Curry Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Curry Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Curry Elementary School?
At Curry Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Curry Elementary School public or private?
Curry Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walker County.
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