Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN CITY·NCES 010162000551
Donehoo Elementary School
1109 E Broad St, Gadsden, AL 35903 · (256) 546-3604 · Etowah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
18.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
165 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
62.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
45.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 Donehoo Elementary School
Donehoo Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donehoo Elementary School this school | 225 | 73.3% | 48.5% |
| Montview Elementary School Huntsville | 213 | 74.2% | 28.4% |
| King Elementary Montgomery | 293 | 76.1% | 24.1% |
| Empower Community SchoolLower School Bessemer | 201 | 71.1% | 11.1% |
| Westhills Elementary School Bessemer | 277 | 74.0% | 23.4% |
| Norwood Elementary School Birmingham | 261 | 77.8% | 30.1% |
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 Donehoo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #322 of 626 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #246 of 626 | #9 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #330 of 626 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #636 of 709 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #495 of 655 | #15 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #338 of 658 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #179 of 696 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #128 of 364 | #2 of 7 |
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
225
-22 (-9%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 225 | 12.3 | 18.3:1 | 73% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 15.3 | 15.2:1 | 85% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 14.2 | 18.3:1 | 80% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 82% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 16.4 | 16.4:1 | 75% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 79% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 87% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 86% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 18 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donehoo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (269 to 225); teachers down 25% (16.4 to 12.3).
About Donehoo Elementary School
Donehoo Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Gadsden, Alabama. The school counts 225 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students.
Within Gadsden City, Donehoo Elementary School is one of 12 schools. The district enrolls 4,940 students.
At 70%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Donehoo Elementary School combined. It is also 18% Hispanic, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. Etowah County's residents are about 15% Black, 55 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Donehoo Elementary School comes in at 47%.
The school employs the equivalent of 12.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Donehoo Elementary School is 73%. It compares with 58% for public schools in Etowah County.
Donehoo Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Donehoo Elementary School scores 17.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 48.5% actual versus 30.7% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Etowah County, median household income is about $54,563, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Donehoo Elementary School is among the 42 public schools in Etowah County.
The nearest other public school, Adams Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Donehoo Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 225, 9% below the 247 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Donehoo Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gadsden City
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Gadsden Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- W E Striplin Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other schools in Gadsden
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Gadsden Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- W E Striplin Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Gaston High SchoolHigh · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Adams Elementary School1.0 mi · 433
- Litchfield Middle School1.1 mi · 252
- Etowah County Special Education Learning Center1.5 mi · 1
- Gadsden Middle School1.7 mi · 438
- W E Striplin Elementary School1.7 mi · 400
- Eura Brown Elementary School2.9 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Donehoo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Donehoo Elementary School?
Donehoo Elementary School enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Donehoo Elementary School serve?
Donehoo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Donehoo Elementary School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Donehoo Elementary School.
How diverse is Donehoo Elementary School?
Donehoo Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 18% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Donehoo Elementary School in?
Donehoo Elementary School is part of Gadsden City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.