Dadeville Elementary School

Dadeville Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Dadeville, Alabama, part of Tallapoosa County, hosting 571 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Tallapoosa County, which oversees 5 schools and 2,822 students, Dadeville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dadeville Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 44% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Tallapoosa County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Tallapoosa County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dadeville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tallapoosa County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,356 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Tallapoosa County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,658 students), Dadeville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dadeville High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dadeville Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dadeville Elementary School has ticked down 16%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 49% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.