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Eden Elementary School

412 Wolf Creek Rd N, Pell City, AL 35125 · (205) 338-6930 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Alabama public elementary schools
  • C+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

Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 480
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
269 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5416%
Grade 16820%
Grade 27121%
Grade 37321%
Grade 48023%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 4th grade class (80).

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%
White
28282%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
144%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
329%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
185%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
18453%
Female
16247%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
57.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
31.5%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Eden Elementary School

Eden Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Eden Elementary School this school34677.7%42.6%
Iola Roberts Elementary School
Pell City
40273.4%61.0%
Vincent Elementary School
Vincent
39771.0%47.7%
Brindlee Mountain Primary School
Guntersville
27869.8%N/A
Samson Elementary School
Samson
36169.8%47.1%
Falkville Elementary School
Falkville
38168.2%56.5%
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 Eden Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn St. Clair County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.6%#395 of 626#10 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.5%#390 of 626#10 of 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.1%#394 of 626#10 of 10
Enrollment
ranked largest first
346#517 of 709#10 of 12
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.0:1#103 of 655#3 of 10
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.3%#481 of 658#9 of 10
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
77.7%#118 of 696#1 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.7%#224 of 364N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
346
-52 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253462315.0:178% (269)
2023-244032317.5:170% (281)
2022-233942317.1:168% (269)
2020-213982615.3:161% (242)
2017-1837922.516.8:164% (243)
2015-163802118.1:165% (247)
2010-114173113.4:157% (236)
2000-014602717.0:150% (232)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eden Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (379 to 346); teachers up 2% (22.5 to 23).

About Eden Elementary School

Eden Elementary School is one of the public schools in Pell City, Alabama. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 346 students attend the school in kindergarten through 4. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in Alabama.

In Pell City, 8 schools enroll a combined 4,079 students.

White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. It is also 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among St. Clair County residents, the White share is about 84%. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Eden Elementary School are from different groups.

Eden Elementary School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1. About 78% of students at Eden Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in St. Clair County averages 49%, lower than here.

Eden 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 51% of Alabama public elementary schools.

Eden Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.6% and a predicted 27.5%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Clair County show that median household income comes to about $77,463, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. St. Clair County counts 29 public schools with about 13,737 students.

Duran Junior High School sits about 1.2 miles from Eden Elementary School. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Eden Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.

The NCES locale for Eden Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 346, from 398 in 2020-21.

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St. Clair County at a glance

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Population
94,166
Census ACS
Median income
$77,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
13,737 students

Quick facts

School name
Eden Elementary School
District
Pell City
Address
412 Wolf Creek Rd N, Pell City, AL 35125
Phone
(205) 338-6930
County
St. Clair County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
346
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
15.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
269 (78%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
010265001469
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Eden Elementary. Eden Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About Eden Elementary School
How many students attend Eden Elementary School?
Eden Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-04.
Is Eden Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eden Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eden Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eden Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eden Elementary School?
At Eden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Eden Elementary School in?
Eden Elementary School is part of Pell City.
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