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What's one thing Forest Oaks Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303002189
Forest Oaks Elementary School
1000 Hornet Parkway, Chelsea, AL 35043 · (205) 682-7220 · Shelby County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
177 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
78.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
46.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Forest Oaks Elementary School
Forest Oaks Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Oaks Elementary School this school | 606 | 29.2% | 58.8% |
| Northport Elementary School Northport | 558 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Ivy Classical Academy Prattville | 619 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Spanish Fort Elementary School Spanish Fort | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
| Southside Elementary School Southside | 585 | 31.8% | 69.2% |
| Priceville Elementary School Priceville | 674 | 34.0% | 67.5% |
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 Forest Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #202 of 626 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #232 of 626 | #13 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #127 of 626 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #170 of 709 | #14 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #309 of 655 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #440 of 658 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #641 of 696 | #17 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #112 of 364 | #3 of 13 |
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
606
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 606 | 36.1 | 16.8:1 | 29% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 34.6 | 18.6:1 | 27% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 38.1 | 17.9:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 41.1 | 18.0:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 17% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (741 to 606); teachers down 12% (41.1 to 36.1).
About Forest Oaks Elementary School
Forest Oaks Elementary School serves students in Chelsea, Alabama, as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 606 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 480.
Shelby County serves 20,638 students across 29 schools.
The largest group at Forest Oaks Elementary School is White students, at 79%. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic and 8% Black. Shelby County residents are about 76% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Forest Oaks Elementary School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 36.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.8:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. It compares with 42% for public schools in Shelby County.
Forest Oaks Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.7%. Forest Oaks Elementary School scores 58.8%.
For the population of Shelby County, the median household earns about $97,961 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shelby County counts 48 public schools with about 35,120 students.
Chelsea Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Forest Oaks Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Forest Oaks Elementary School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 606, starting from 621. The school's ratio increased from 15.5:1 to 16.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby County
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Calera HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
Other schools in Chelsea
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Chelsea Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 891 students
- Chelsea Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Nearby schools
- Chelsea Middle School0.6 mi · 831
- Chelsea Park Elementary School3.0 mi · 891
- Chelsea High School3.0 mi · 1,235
- Mt Laurel Elementary School5.2 mi · 498
- Oak Mountain Middle School5.7 mi · 1,168
- Oak Mountain Elementary School5.7 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Oaks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Forest Oaks Elementary School?
Forest Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 606 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Forest Oaks Elementary School serve?
Forest Oaks Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Oaks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Oaks Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Forest Oaks Elementary School?
Forest Oaks Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest Oaks Elementary School?
Forest Oaks Elementary School is overseen by Shelby County in Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.