Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION COUNTY·NCES 010231002160
Hackleburg Elementary School
185 School Street, Hackleburg, AL 35564 · (205) 935-5156 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
147 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hackleburg Elementary School→Hackleburg High School
Based on grade levels within Marion County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 Hackleburg Elementary School
Hackleburg Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackleburg Elementary School this school | 258 | 57.0% | 65.0% |
| Wilsonville Elementary School Wilsonville | 229 | 55.5% | 59.9% |
| Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School Grant | 308 | 53.2% | N/A |
| Shelby Elementary School Shelby | 242 | 58.7% | 63.4% |
| Brindlee Mountain Elementary School Arab | 286 | 61.2% | 47.3% |
| Vernon Elementary School Vernon | 277 | 58.5% | 83.3% |
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 Hackleburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #125 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #109 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #172 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #608 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #113 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #577 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #380 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #188 of 262 |
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
258
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 230
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 258 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 57% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 69% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 69% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 58% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 66% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 70% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 72% (165) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hackleburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (244 to 258); teachers up 13% (15 to 17).
About Hackleburg Elementary School
Hackleburg Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Hackleburg, Alabama. The school serves 258 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students.
Marion County runs Hackleburg Elementary School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 3,302 students in total.
About 90% of the student body at Hackleburg Elementary School is White. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Marion County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1 at Hackleburg Elementary School, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Alabama have 17.0:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 57% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 55%.
Hackleburg Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hackleburg Elementary School is +22.4 points, in the top 10% of Alabama. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.0%, and the predicted rate is 42.6%.
In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $50,088, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Marion County is home to 14 public schools and about 4,506 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Hackleburg High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Hackleburg Elementary School has 5 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 42.7% proficiency; Hackleburg Elementary School posts 65.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
2024-25 enrollment was 258, a 4% decrease from 268 in 2020-21.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,184
Census ACS
Median income
$50,088
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,506 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion County
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 449 students
- Guin Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Hackleburg High SchoolHigh · 265 students
- Brilliant SchoolCombined · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Hackleburg High School0.0 mi · 265
- Phillips Elementary School7.8 mi · 240
- Phillips High School7.8 mi · 200
- Phil Campbell Elementary School8.5 mi · 441
- Phil Campbell High School8.7 mi · 382
- Hamilton High School13.2 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Hackleburg Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hackleburg Elementary School?
Hackleburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hackleburg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hackleburg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hackleburg Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Hackleburg Elementary School.
How diverse is Hackleburg Elementary School?
Hackleburg Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hackleburg Elementary School public or private?
Hackleburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.