Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR CITY·NCES 010117000430
Eastwood Elementary School
1802 26th Ave SE, Decatur, AL 35601 · (256) 552-3043 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
101 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 36 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
75.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
55.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Eastwood Elementary School
Eastwood Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwood Elementary School this school | 272 | 37.1% | 61.0% |
| Westwood Elementary School Coker | 299 | 38.8% | 69.0% |
| Snow Rogers Elementary School Gardendale | 389 | 37.3% | 58.1% |
| Huntington Place Elementary School Northport | 377 | 33.2% | 60.2% |
| Webster Elementary School Muscle Shoals | 234 | 40.6% | N/A |
| Brookhill Elementary School Athens | 380 | 41.3% | 75.5% |
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 Eastwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #169 of 626 | #9 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #148 of 626 | #8 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #163 of 626 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #599 of 709 | #21 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #119 of 655 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #272 of 658 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #603 of 696 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #172 of 262 | #9 of 12 |
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
272
+37 (+16%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 272 | 17.8 | 15.3:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 17.2 | 15.7:1 | 43% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 16.2 | 15.6:1 | 39% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 34% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 16.5 | 15.5:1 | 37% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 35% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 17% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (256 to 272); teachers up 8% (16.5 to 17.8).
About Eastwood Elementary School
At 1802 26th Ave SE in Decatur, Alabama, Eastwood Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 272 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 43% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Alabama (about 480).
Eastwood Elementary School is among 19 schools run by Decatur City, which serves 8,902 students.
More than half of enrollment at Eastwood Elementary School is White: 66%. Enrollment also includes 17% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Eastwood Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1, with 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Morgan County is 56%.
Eastwood Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.0%.
For Morgan County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $68,845, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 46 public schools and about 20,204 students.
Eastwood Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Walter Jackson Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Eastwood Elementary School is ahead of the 34.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
NCES describes the area around Eastwood Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 16% gain took enrollment from 235 in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 15.3:1.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur City
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
Other Eastwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Eastwood Elementary. Eastwood Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 14.
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolPemberville, OH · 685 students
- Eastwood ElementaryIrvine, CA · 647 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolMorgantown, WV · 642 students
- Eastwood ElementaryWestminster, CA · 542 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Jackson Elementary School1.0 mi · 251
- Oak Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 481
- Decatur High Developmental1.9 mi · 37
- Decatur High School1.9 mi · 915
- Decatur Middle School2.0 mi · 818
- BanksCaddell Elementary School2.6 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Eastwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eastwood Elementary School?
Eastwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eastwood Elementary School serve?
Eastwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastwood Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eastwood Elementary School?
Eastwood Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Eastwood Elementary School in?
Eastwood Elementary School is part of Decatur City.
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