1
Enrollment
1,211
Combined
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 010114000416
Geraldine School
13011 Highway 227, Geraldine, AL 35974 · (256) 659-2142 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,211 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- B+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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
746 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 103 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (91).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
61.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
33.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Geraldine School
Geraldine School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldine School this school | 1,211 | 61.6% | 43.3% |
| Sylvania School Sylvania | 915 | 58.5% | 36.3% |
| Southeastern School Remlap | 822 | 50.7% | 39.7% |
| Appalachian School Oneonta | 699 | 52.9% | 41.4% |
| Valley Head High School Valley Head | 517 | 70.0% | 33.0% |
| Belgreen High School Russellville | 588 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Geraldine School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #22 of 62 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #19 of 62 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #17 of 62 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,211 | #1 of 69 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #28 of 61 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #3 of 61 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #25 of 65 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #20 of 21 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
1,211
+75 (+7%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 816
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 1,211 | 73.5 | 16.5:1 | 62% (746) |
| 2023-24 | 1,191 | 73.5 | 16.2:1 | 62% (736) |
| 2022-23 | 1,150 | 69 | 16.7:1 | 62% (712) |
| 2020-21 | 1,136 | 70 | 16.2:1 | 62% (707) |
| 2017-18 | 1,191 | 67.9 | 17.6:1 | 64% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 1,205 | 68 | 17.7:1 | 63% (765) |
| 2010-11 | 1,216 | N/A | N/A | 64% (780) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 45% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 816 | 43 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Geraldine School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,191 to 1,211); teachers up 8% (67.9 to 73.5).
About Geraldine School
Geraldine School is a large combined-grade school in Geraldine, Alabama, (ZIP code 35974). A federal count lists 1,211 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Alabama) has about 673 students.
DeKalb County has a total of 12 schools and 8,769 students, Geraldine School among them.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Geraldine School combined. It is also 28% Hispanic and 14% Native American. DeKalb County's residents are about 80% White, 23 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Geraldine School comes in at 58%.
The teaching staff at Geraldine School is 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.5:1. That ratio is under the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 62%. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is about the same, 65%.
Measured against Alabama public K-12 schools, Geraldine School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Geraldine School would score about 39.2%. It scores 43.3%, 4.1 points above that figure.
DeKalb County has about 72,269 residents, and median household income is about $51,204, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Federal data list 20 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,277.
The nearest public school is Crossville High School, at about 4.2 miles. Geraldine School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The school's 43.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 1,136 to 1,211 over 4 years.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,269
Census ACS
Median income
$51,204
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,277 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Plainview SchoolCombined · 1,167 students
- Fyffe High SchoolCombined · 954 students
- Sylvania SchoolCombined · 915 students
- Collinsville High SchoolCombined · 906 students
- Crossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Crossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Crossville High School4.2 mi · 649
- Crossville Middle School4.3 mi · 770
- Crossville Elementary School5.0 mi · 658
- Asbury Elementary School7.9 mi · 729
- Asbury High School7.9 mi · 659
- Fyffe High School8.8 mi · 954
Frequently asked questions
About Geraldine SchoolHow many students attend Geraldine School?
Geraldine School enrolls approximately 1,211 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Geraldine School serve?
Geraldine School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Geraldine School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Geraldine School is approximately 16.5:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Geraldine School?
At Geraldine School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Geraldine School?
Geraldine School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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