Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLBERT COUNTY·NCES 010084000336
Hatton Elementary School
2130 Hatton School Rd, Leighton, AL 35646 · (256) 446-5679 · Colbert County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- 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
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
154 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 | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 116% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
69.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
54.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 21 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 Hatton Elementary School
Hatton Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatton Elementary School this school | 236 | 65.3% | 58.0% |
| Dixie Elementary School Opelika | 251 | 61.8% | 46.7% |
| WS Harlan Elementary School Lockhart | 293 | 63.1% | 45.5% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Cherokee | 226 | 65.9% | 58.2% |
| Parrish ElementaryMiddle School Parrish | 288 | 61.5% | 44.9% |
| Duck Springs Elementary School Attalla | 207 | 65.2% | 48.1% |
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 Hatton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Colbert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #215 of 626 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #152 of 626 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #236 of 626 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #623 of 709 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #18 of 655 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #295 of 658 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #283 of 696 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #159 of 364 | N/A |
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
236
+13 (+6%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 236 | 17.8 | 13.3:1 | 65% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 16.8 | 13.9:1 | 73% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 17.4 | 13.9:1 | 72% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 76% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 18.6 | 14.7:1 | 74% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 70% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 71% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 61% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 18 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hatton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (274 to 236); teachers down 4% (18.6 to 17.8).
About Hatton Elementary School
Hatton Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Leighton, Alabama. There are 236 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. The school is 51% below the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Colbert County has 8 schools and 2,573 students, and Hatton Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hatton Elementary School is 66% White. The next largest groups are 20% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 11 points below the 77% share among Colbert County residents. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Hatton Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 13.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hatton Elementary School, which has 17.8. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hatton Elementary School is about 65%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Colbert County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hatton Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 58.0%, is 21.4 points above the 36.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Alabama schools.
Census data for Colbert County show median household income comes to about $60,628, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 25 public schools and about 8,178 students.
The closest school to Hatton Elementary School is Leighton Elementary School, located about 4.7 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Hatton Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hatton Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 223 to 236, a 6% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Hatton Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Colbert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,022
Census ACS
Median income
$60,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,178 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colbert County
- Colbert Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Colbert Heights High SchoolHigh · 467 students
- Colbert County High SchoolHigh · 438 students
- Leighton Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 206 students
Other schools in Leighton
- Colbert County High SchoolHigh · 438 students
- Leighton Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
Other Hatton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hatton Elementary. Hatton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hatton Elementary SchoolTown Creek, AL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Leighton Elementary School4.7 mi · 355
- Colbert County High School4.8 mi · 438
- Hazlewood Elementary School6.8 mi · 221
- Brooks High School7.0 mi · 729
- Webster Elementary School7.8 mi · 234
- Brooks Elementary School7.8 mi · 874
Frequently asked questions
About Hatton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hatton Elementary School?
Hatton Elementary School enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Hatton Elementary School serve?
Hatton Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hatton Elementary School have?
Hatton Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hatton Elementary School?
At Hatton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 3% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Hatton Elementary School public or private?
Hatton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colbert County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.