Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY·NCES 010204000781
Hazlewood Elementary School
334 Hazelwood St, Town Creek, AL 35672 · (256) 685-4020 · Lawrence County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
188 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 77% larger than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
43.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Hazlewood Elementary School
Hazlewood Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlewood Elementary School this school | 221 | 85.1% | 26.9% |
| Greenville Elementary School Greenville | 268 | 85.1% | 46.5% |
| L E Willson Elementary School Sheffield | 253 | 78.3% | 33.0% |
| Indian Springs Elementary School Eight Mile | 305 | 78.0% | 35.5% |
| Brantley Elementary School Selma | 204 | 86.8% | 21.6% |
| Chickasaw Intermediate School Chickasaw | 301 | 86.4% | N/A |
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 Hazlewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #542 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #542 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #514 of 626 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #639 of 709 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #332 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #171 of 658 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #43 of 696 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #219 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
221
+18 (+9%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 221 | 13 | 17.0:1 | 85% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 14.5 | 14.9:1 | 84% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 86% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | 91% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 12 | 20.3:1 | 91% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 94% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 23 | 8.4:1 | 89% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 80% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 24 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazlewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (243 to 221); teachers up 8% (12 to 13).
About Hazlewood Elementary School
Hazlewood Elementary School is an elementary school in Town Creek, Alabama, and it is part of Lawrence County. The student body numbers 221 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480, so this school runs 54% smaller than that.
Hazlewood Elementary School belongs to Lawrence County, a district of 12 schools and 4,676 students.
Black students are the largest group at Hazlewood Elementary School, with 49% of enrollment. Next come 41% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 9% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hazlewood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Teacher staffing is 13 full-time equivalents, or about 17.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.0:1. About 85% of students, or 188, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lawrence County is 57%.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Hazlewood Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hazlewood Elementary School would be expected to post about 22.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lawrence County, median household income is about $66,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Hazlewood Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Lawrence County, which together enroll about 4,676 students.
The shortest distance from Hazlewood Elementary School to another public school is about 6.7 miles, to Leighton Elementary School. The ten-mile area around Hazlewood Elementary School holds 5 other public schools. The school's 26.9% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 203 in 2020-21 and 221 in 2024-25, a 9% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 17.0:1.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,276
Census ACS
Median income
$66,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,676 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence County
- Moulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 586 students
- East Lawrence Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hatton High SchoolHigh · 536 students
- Moulton Middle SchoolMiddle · 505 students
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in Town Creek
- Hatton High SchoolHigh · 536 students
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Leighton Elementary School6.7 mi · 355
- Colbert County High School6.7 mi · 438
- Hatton Elementary School6.8 mi · 236
- Hatton Elementary School8.3 mi · 424
- Hatton High School8.3 mi · 536
- Lauderdale Elementary School12.1 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Hazlewood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hazlewood Elementary School?
Hazlewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Hazlewood Elementary School serve?
Hazlewood Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hazlewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazlewood Elementary School is approximately 17.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hazlewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hazlewood Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 3% Hispanic, 49% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hazlewood Elementary School in?
Hazlewood Elementary School is part of Lawrence County.
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