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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Daphne East Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
947
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027002072
Daphne East Elementary School
26651 County Road 13, Daphne, AL 36526 · (251) 626-1663 · Baldwin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL947 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
15.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
321 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (136).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
78.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
53.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Daphne East Elementary School
Daphne East Elementary School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daphne East Elementary School this school | 947 | 33.9% | 64.7% |
| Chelsea Park Elementary School Chelsea | 891 | 30.1% | 68.7% |
| Helena Elementary School Helena | 778 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Hall Kent Elementary School Homewood | 717 | 36.0% | 64.7% |
| Helena Intermediate School Helena | 955 | 28.8% | 66.4% |
| McBride Elementary School Muscle Shoals | 647 | 34.2% | 74.1% |
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 Daphne East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #128 of 626 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #162 of 626 | #10 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #125 of 626 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 947 | #23 of 709 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #143 of 655 | #14 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #192 of 658 | #9 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #623 of 696 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #117 of 364 | #4 of 10 |
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
947
+233 (+33%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 947 | 61 | 15.5:1 | 34% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 963 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 44% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 930 | 58.6 | 15.9:1 | 40% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 33% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 1,150 | 58 | 19.8:1 | 26% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 1,050 | 54 | 19.4:1 | 24% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 24% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daphne East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,150 to 947); teachers up 5% (58 to 61).
About Daphne East Elementary School
A large elementary school in Daphne, Alabama, Daphne East Elementary School is part of Baldwin County. It reported 947 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students, which makes this school 97% above average.
Daphne East Elementary School is one school in a 42-school district, Baldwin County, which enrolls 31,965 students.
About 61% of the student body at Daphne East Elementary School is White. Enrollment also includes 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Baldwin County, the White share is about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Daphne East Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1, with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 34% at Daphne East Elementary School.
On the allk12 Grade, Daphne East Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Test results at Daphne East Elementary School are 5.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.7% actual, 59.3% predicted).
Looking at the county, Baldwin County, the median household earns about $78,775 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county's public schools total 51, with about 35,975 students.
Daphne Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Daphne East Elementary School. Daphne East Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Daphne East Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Daphne East Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The school's enrollment rose 33% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Daphne East Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Daphne
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Belforest Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,069 students
- Daphne Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
- Daphne Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- W J Carroll Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Baldwin County Virtual SchoolHigh · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Daphne Middle School0.2 mi · 861
- Daphne High School1.7 mi · 1,639
- Daphne Elementary School2.0 mi · 671
- W J Carroll Intermediate School2.4 mi · 414
- Belforest Elementary School2.6 mi · 1,069
- Baldwin County Virtual School2.7 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Daphne East Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Daphne East Elementary School?
Daphne East Elementary School enrolls approximately 947 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Daphne East Elementary School serve?
Daphne East Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Daphne East Elementary School have?
Daphne East Elementary School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Daphne East Elementary School?
Student demographics at Daphne East Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 10% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Daphne East Elementary School in?
Daphne East Elementary School is part of Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.