Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN CITY·NCES 010162001517
Floyd Elementary School
601 Black Creek Rd, Gadsden, AL 35904 · (256) 546-0836 · Etowah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
315 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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%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
32.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Floyd Elementary School
Floyd Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Elementary School this school | 384 | 82.0% | 22.6% |
| W E Striplin Elementary School Gadsden | 400 | 84.8% | 33.0% |
| Matthews Elementary School Northport | 401 | 86.8% | 25.9% |
| Weeden Elementary School Florence | 477 | 84.3% | 48.6% |
| Morningview Elementary School Montgomery | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
| Tanner Elementary School Tanner | 338 | 79.3% | 30.0% |
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 Floyd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #582 of 626 | #20 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #537 of 626 | #18 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #598 of 626 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #469 of 709 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #650 of 655 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #53 of 658 | #1 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #70 of 696 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.9% | #74 of 262 | #3 of 9 |
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
384
+45 (+13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 384 | 16.1 | 23.9:1 | 82% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 20.1 | 17.4:1 | 89% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 16.2 | 22.7:1 | 85% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 78% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 89% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 21 | 16.0:1 | 89% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 94% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 97% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Floyd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (323 to 384); teachers down 15% (19 to 16.1).
About Floyd Elementary School
Floyd Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Gadsden, Alabama. Enrolled students number 384 students, in pre-K through 5.
Floyd Elementary School is part of Gadsden City, where 12 schools serve 4,940 students.
Floyd Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 18% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. In Etowah County overall, about 15% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Floyd Elementary School, 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 23.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Alabama have 17.0:1, compared with 23.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 82% of enrollment. That rate is above the 58% average among public schools in Etowah County.
Floyd Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.6% and a predicted 24.4%.
Among Etowah County residents, the median household income is $54,563, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Floyd Elementary School, Etowah County has 41 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Sansom Middle School, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Floyd Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Floyd Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment is up 13% from 2020-21, when Floyd Elementary School had 339 students, to 2024-25, when it had 384. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.1:1 to 23.9:1.
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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
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Sansom Middle SchoolMiddle · 339 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
- Gaston High SchoolHigh · 380 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other Floyd Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Floyd Elementary. Floyd Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Floyd Elementary SchoolPahrump, NV · 578 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolBALCH SPRINGS, TX · 552 students
- Floyd ElementaryFloyd, VA · 448 students
- FLOYD ELEMENTARYFLOYD, NM · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Sansom Middle School0.3 mi · 339
- Mitchell Elementary School1.2 mi · 262
- Walnut Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 218
- W E Striplin Elementary School1.9 mi · 400
- Gadsden Middle School2.0 mi · 438
- Etowah County Special Education Learning Center2.0 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Floyd Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Floyd Elementary School?
Floyd Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Floyd Elementary School serve?
Floyd Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Floyd Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Floyd Elementary School is approximately 23.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Floyd Elementary School?
Floyd Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 34% Hispanic, 43% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Floyd Elementary School?
Floyd Elementary School is overseen by Gadsden City in Etowah County.
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