Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339001293
FaucettVestavia Elementary School
1150 Vestavia Circle, Northport, AL 35473 · (205) 342-2646 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B+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
14.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
161 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 33% larger than its 4th grade class (61).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
41.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 FaucettVestavia Elementary School
FaucettVestavia Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FaucettVestavia Elementary School this school | 343 | 46.9% | 61.4% |
| Julian Harris Elementary School Decatur | 349 | 51.9% | 57.4% |
| Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology Dothan | 429 | 55.2% | 79.7% |
| Prattville Kindergarten School Prattville | 408 | 50.2% | N/A |
| Julian Newman Elementary School Athens | 409 | 44.5% | 66.0% |
| Hutchens Elementary School Mobile | 539 | 41.6% | N/A |
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 FaucettVestavia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #164 of 626 | #5 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #286 of 626 | #9 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #62 of 626 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #526 of 709 | #24 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #93 of 655 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #176 of 658 | #6 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #516 of 696 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #65 of 364 | #2 of 16 |
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
343
-65 (-16%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 47% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 58% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 24.2 | 14.8:1 | 58% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 40% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 24.6 | 18.3:1 | 40% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 16% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 27 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FaucettVestavia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (451 to 343); teachers down 7% (24.6 to 23).
About FaucettVestavia Elementary School
FaucettVestavia Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Northport, Alabama. It covers pre-K through 4, with a total enrollment of 343 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Tuscaloosa County has 35 schools; together they serve 19,278 students.
At FaucettVestavia Elementary School, White students make up 57% of the student body. The next largest groups are 29% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 60% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at FaucettVestavia Elementary School and a ratio of 14.9:1. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 47% of students.
allk12 grades FaucettVestavia Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, FaucettVestavia Elementary School is 11.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.4% actual, 49.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tuscaloosa County show that the median household income is $66,231, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FaucettVestavia Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in the county.
Echols Middle School is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 61.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around FaucettVestavia Elementary School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when FaucettVestavia Elementary School had 408 students, to 2024-25, when it had 343.
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Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
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- Northside High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Northport Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 500 students
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- Echols Middle School1.0 mi · 738
- Lloyd Wood Education Center1.2 mi · 205
- Crestmont Elementary School1.5 mi · 268
- Matthews Elementary School1.7 mi · 401
- CollinsRiverside Middle School1.9 mi · 318
- Northridge Middle School2.4 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About FaucettVestavia Elementary SchoolHow many students attend FaucettVestavia Elementary School?
FaucettVestavia Elementary School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does FaucettVestavia Elementary School serve?
FaucettVestavia Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FaucettVestavia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FaucettVestavia Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FaucettVestavia Elementary School?
At FaucettVestavia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 5% Hispanic, 29% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is FaucettVestavia Elementary School public or private?
FaucettVestavia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tuscaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.