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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000835
Harvest School
8845 Wall Triana Highway, Harvest, AL 35749 · (256) 851-4590 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+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
19.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
352 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
55.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
32.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Harvest School
Harvest School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest School this school | 663 | 53.1% | 41.6% |
| Coosada Elementary School Millbrook | 797 | 56.5% | N/A |
| McCalla Elementary School Bessemer | 752 | 54.4% | 46.7% |
| Airport Road Intermediate School Coosada | 536 | 57.5% | 49.4% |
| Hueytown Primary School Hueytown | 601 | 58.7% | N/A |
| Clay Elementary School Clay | 606 | 54.8% | 37.2% |
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 Harvest School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #407 of 626 | #35 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #386 of 626 | #35 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #411 of 626 | #36 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #129 of 709 | #13 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #584 of 655 | #46 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #31 of 658 | #2 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #445 of 696 | #16 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #213 of 364 | #19 of 29 |
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
663
-34 (-5%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 663 | 33.5 | 19.8:1 | 53% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 34.5 | 18.7:1 | 60% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 54% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 42% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 38.5 | 19.0:1 | 47% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 46% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 42% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 33% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvest School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (733 to 663); teachers down 13% (38.5 to 33.5).
About Harvest School
Harvest School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Harvest, Alabama. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 663 students in 2024-25. The school is 38% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Madison County (28 schools, 20,691 students) runs Harvest School.
No group is above 50% at Harvest School; the largest is Black, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Madison County, the Black share is about 24%. The diversity index for Harvest School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Madison County is 12 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Harvest School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.4%.
Census data for Madison County show median household income comes to about $86,499, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 89 public schools and about 55,800 students.
Sparkman Ninth Grade School is the nearest public school to Harvest School, about 2.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Harvest School ranks 6th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The Harvest School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Other schools in Harvest
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Endeavor Elementary SchoolElementary · 760 students
- Sparkman Ninth Grade SchoolHigh · 621 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Creekside Primary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other Harvest schools
One other US public school is named Harvest. Harvest School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Harvest SchoolSARATOGA SPRINGS, UT · 1,031 students
Nearby schools
- Sparkman Ninth Grade School2.1 mi · 621
- Sparkman High School2.1 mi · 1,770
- Sparkman Middle School2.4 mi · 723
- Legacy Elementary School3.7 mi · 594
- Monrovia Middle School4.4 mi · 988
- Endeavor Elementary School4.5 mi · 760
Frequently asked questions
About Harvest SchoolHow many students attend Harvest School?
Harvest School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harvest School serve?
Harvest School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harvest School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Harvest School.
How diverse is Harvest School?
Harvest School reports a student body of 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Harvest School public or private?
Harvest School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.