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Best kept secret at Dalraida Elementary School?
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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001006
Dalraida Elementary School
440 Dalraida Rd, Montgomery, AL 36109 · (334) 260-1007 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
530 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
52%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
47.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Dalraida Elementary School
Dalraida Elementary School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalraida Elementary School this school | 711 | 74.5% | 36.2% |
| Brewbaker Primary School Montgomery | 651 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Phenix City Elementary School Phenix City | 683 | 73.6% | 30.1% |
| Sonnie Hereford Elementary School Huntsville | 578 | 79.4% | 21.6% |
| Eufaula Primary School Eufaula | 623 | 68.7% | N/A |
| Olive J Dodge Elementary School Mobile | 862 | 72.0% | 34.4% |
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 Dalraida Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #451 of 626 | #9 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #478 of 626 | #11 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #485 of 626 | #10 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #98 of 709 | #2 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #610 of 655 | #29 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #279 of 658 | #6 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #162 of 696 | #21 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #295 of 364 | #18 of 22 |
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
711
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 711 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 75% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 33 | 20.3:1 | 63% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 63% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 63% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 38 | 19.5:1 | 64% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 49% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 34% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dalraida Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (742 to 711); teachers down 8% (38 to 35).
About Dalraida Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Montgomery, Alabama, Dalraida Elementary School is part of Montgomery County. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 711 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Alabama) has about 480 students.
Montgomery County is the local district for Dalraida Elementary School. It runs 51 schools with 26,958 students.
At 66%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Dalraida Elementary School combined. It is also 17% Hispanic, 9% White, and 6% multiracial. By the diversity index, Dalraida Elementary School comes in at 52%.
The count of teachers at Dalraida Elementary School is 35 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.3:1. Among elementary schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. The school counts 530 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 75%.
Dalraida Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (36.2%) and its predicted rate (29.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Montgomery County has about 226,718 residents, and median household income is about $59,386, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Federal data list 60 public schools in Montgomery County, with a combined enrollment of about 31,131.
The closest other public school is Goodwyn Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dalraida Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.2% against a local average of 19.7%.
NCES describes the area around Dalraida Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 711, 8% above the 660 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 20.3 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Goodwyn Middle School0.7 mi · 717
- Morningview Elementary School1.3 mi · 434
- Capitol Heights Middle School1.7 mi · 593
- Flowers Elementary School1.7 mi · 387
- Percy Julian High School1.8 mi · 1,282
- Highland Gardens Elementary School2.1 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Dalraida Elementary SchoolHow large is Dalraida Elementary School?
Dalraida Elementary School enrolls approximately 711 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dalraida Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dalraida Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dalraida Elementary School?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Dalraida Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dalraida Elementary School?
At Dalraida Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 17% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dalraida Elementary School public or private?
Dalraida Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County.
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