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Which teacher or staff member at Dannelly Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001007
Dannelly Elementary School
3425 Carter Hill Rd, Montgomery, AL 36111 · (334) 269-3657 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
497 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
29%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
35.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Dannelly Elementary School
Dannelly Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dannelly Elementary School this school | 588 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| Crump Elementary School Montgomery | 575 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Hudson KEight School Birmingham | 580 | 87.1% | 13.6% |
| Erwin Intermediate School Center Point | 510 | 82.2% | 24.9% |
| Nixon Elementary School Montgomery | 476 | 83.6% | 18.9% |
| Davis Elementary School Montgomery | 533 | 87.6% | 12.5% |
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 Dannelly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #540 of 626 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #526 of 626 | #16 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #579 of 626 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #189 of 709 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #189 of 655 | #6 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #495 of 658 | #20 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #47 of 696 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #342 of 364 | #22 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
588
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 588 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 85% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 88% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 87% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 87% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 90% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 74% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 85% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 45% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 894 | 44 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dannelly Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (595 to 588); teachers up 9% (34 to 37).
About Dannelly Elementary School
Dannelly Elementary School is an elementary school located in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 588 students. That is 23% above the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
Dannelly Elementary School is among 51 schools run by Montgomery County, which serves 26,958 students.
At Dannelly Elementary School, 83% of students are Black. Other students are 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 59% Black share among all Montgomery County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. The school has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 1.1 students per teacher. In all, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 18 points lower.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Dannelly Elementary School outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dannelly Elementary School would score about 22.6%. It scores 27.0%, 4.4 points above that figure.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,386, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 31,131, Dannelly Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Dannelly Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 595 to 588, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 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
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School0.2 mi · 1,587
- Bear Exploration Center0.8 mi · 507
- Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School1.1 mi · 394
- Vaughn Road Elementary School1.5 mi · 473
- Flowers Elementary School1.7 mi · 387
- Forest Avenue Elementary School2.0 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Dannelly Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dannelly Elementary School?
Dannelly Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dannelly Elementary School serve?
Dannelly Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dannelly Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dannelly Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dannelly Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dannelly Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 13% Hispanic, 83% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dannelly Elementary School public or private?
Dannelly Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.