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English Language Arts
58.9%
State avg 52.7%
District avg 62.5%
County avg 62.0%
District avg 62.5%
County avg 62.0%
Test scores
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ACAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient.Mathematics
34.8%
State avg 31.8%
District avg 44.7%
County avg 38.7%
District avg 44.7%
County avg 38.7%
Science
30.9%
State avg 37.0%
District avg 43.7%
County avg 43.1%
District avg 43.7%
County avg 43.1%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.9pp
above demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
1-year history
All grades, all students. Harlan Alabama avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 58.9% | 62.5% | 62.0% | 52.7% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 34.8% | 44.7% | 38.7% | 31.8% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 30.9% | 43.7% | 43.1% | 37.0% |
Recent discussions
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How to read these scores
What is ACAP?
ACAP is the statewide standardized test administered by Alabama public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 58.9% mean for English Language Arts at Harlan Elementary School?
It means about 58.9 percent of students tested at Harlan Elementary School performed at grade level or above on the ACAP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Alabama that year was 52.7%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Alabama, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Alabama State Department of Education, Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) Summative. School-level All Students subgroup from the Alabama Achieves Participation and Proficiency files. Headline metric is the cumulative 'Proficient' rate (Levels 3 + 4 on the 4-level ACAP scale).
How often is it updated?
ACAP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.