Enrollment
80
Elementary
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY·NCES 010183000658
Flat Rock School
788 County Road 326, Flat Rock, AL 35966 · (256) 632-2323 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL80 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest 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
10.7:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
40 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 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 16% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
66.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
38.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Flat Rock School
Flat Rock School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock School this school | 80 | 50.0% | 55.3% |
| Dauphin Island Elementary School Dauphin Island | 60 | 50.0% | N/A |
| Mount Hope Mt Hope | 117 | 55.6% | 56.0% |
| Macedonia School Section | 138 | 52.2% | 44.6% |
| Bryant School Bryant | 103 | 37.9% | 47.1% |
| New Bethel Elementary School Tuscumbia | 159 | 43.4% | 83.0% |
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 Flat Rock School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 80 | #704 of 709 | #10 of 10 |
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
80
-24 (-23%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 80 | 7.5 | 10.7:1 | 50% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 7 | 15.3:1 | 70% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 127 | 6.5 | 19.5:1 | 72% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 104 | 5 | 20.8:1 | 77% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 130 | 7.5 | 17.3:1 | 76% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 144 | 9 | 16.0:1 | 77% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 11 | 12.7:1 | 79% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 184 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 65% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 10 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flat Rock School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (130 to 80); teachers unchanged (7.5 to 7.5).
About Flat Rock School
Flat Rock School is a very small elementary school in Alabama, with an address in Flat Rock. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 80 students. It has 83% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Alabama (about 480).
Jackson County is the district for Flat Rock School. It has 16 schools and 5,159 students.
The largest group at Flat Rock School is White students, at 76%. The remaining students are 20% Native American and 3% Black. Among people living in Jackson County, the White share is about 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Flat Rock School scores 38%.
The school lists 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 40 students, or 50%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Jackson County average a similar 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Flat Rock School lands at B, ahead of 56% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Flat Rock School is 7.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.3% versus 47.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
For the population of Jackson County, the median household earns about $51,908 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Jackson County, 23 public schools serve about 7,616 students.
Measured in a straight line, Ider School is about 4.1 miles from Flat Rock School. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.3% is above the 44.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Flat Rock School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 80, compared with 104 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.8:1 to 10.7:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,053
Census ACS
Median income
$51,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County
- North Sand Mountain SchoolCombined · 694 students
- Pisgah High SchoolCombined · 598 students
- Skyline High SchoolCombined · 586 students
- Woodville High SchoolCombined · 504 students
- Section High SchoolCombined · 503 students
- North Jackson High SchoolHigh · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Ider School4.1 mi · 586
- Rosalie Elementary School6.2 mi · 173
- North Sand Mountain School6.8 mi · 694
- Stevenson Elementary School10.2 mi · 360
- Henagar Junior High School10.2 mi · 261
- Stevenson Middle School10.2 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Rock SchoolHow many students attend Flat Rock School?
Flat Rock School enrolls approximately 80 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Flat Rock School serve?
Flat Rock School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Flat Rock School have?
Flat Rock School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Flat Rock School?
Student demographics at Flat Rock School are roughly 76% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Who oversees Flat Rock School?
Flat Rock School is overseen by Jackson County in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.