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Which teacher or staff member at Davis Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001008
Davis Elementary School
3605 Rosa Parks Dr, Montgomery, AL 36105 · (334) 269-3662 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
467 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
32%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
20.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Elementary School this school | 533 | 87.6% | 12.5% |
| Hudson KEight School Birmingham | 580 | 87.1% | 13.6% |
| Crump Elementary School Montgomery | 575 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Dannelly Elementary School Montgomery | 588 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| Nixon Elementary School Montgomery | 476 | 83.6% | 18.9% |
| Union Springs Elementary School Union Springs | 497 | 85.3% | 26.8% |
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 Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #624 of 626 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #620 of 626 | #31 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #625 of 626 | #32 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #253 of 709 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #581 of 655 | #26 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #482 of 658 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #24 of 696 | #3 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #49 of 262 | #3 of 8 |
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
533
+62 (+13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 818
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 88% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | N/A | N/A | 96% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | N/A | N/A | 97% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 19 | 24.8:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 89% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 73% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 94% (657) |
| 1990-91 | 818 | 45 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (427 to 533); teachers up 29% (21 to 27).
About Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Alabama, located in Montgomery. Its 533 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Montgomery County is the local district for Davis Elementary School. It runs 51 schools with 26,958 students.
Federal enrollment data show Davis Elementary School is 81% Black. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic. Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.7:1. That is higher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Eligible students account for 88% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Montgomery County average 67%.
A school with Davis Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 20.3%. Davis Elementary School scores 12.5%, 7.9 points below that line.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Davis Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Bellingrath Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Davis Elementary School at 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Davis Elementary School is one of the charter schools in Alabama.
2024-25 enrollment was 533, a 13% rise from 471 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.8:1 in 2020-21, and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Davis Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolSouthampton, PA · 785 students
- Davis ElementaryCOLLEGE PLACE, WA · 698 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 643 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Bellingrath Middle School0.6 mi · 583
- Carver Senior High School0.8 mi · 1,553
- LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute1.1 mi · 599
- Lanier Senior High School1.1 mi · 517
- Carver Elementary School1.2 mi · 374
- Nixon Elementary School1.5 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
Is Davis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Davis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Elementary School?
At Davis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Davis Elementary School public or private?
Davis Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.