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If you could change one rule at Hokes Bluff Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETOWAH COUNTY·NCES 010138000499
Hokes Bluff Elementary School
5375 Main Street, Hokes Bluff, AL 35903 · (256) 492-5571 · Etowah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- B-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
16.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
277 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
76.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
46.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Hokes Bluff Elementary School
Hokes Bluff Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokes Bluff Elementary School this school | 610 | 45.4% | 58.8% |
| Rogers Elementary School Florence | 592 | 47.3% | 48.6% |
| Central Elementary School Florrence | 713 | 43.8% | 48.3% |
| Arab Elementary School Arab | 599 | 45.7% | 77.9% |
| Eclectic Elementary School Eclectic | 689 | 45.0% | 64.6% |
| Wilson Elementary School Florence | 552 | 49.8% | 54.3% |
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 Hokes Bluff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #203 of 626 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #234 of 626 | #8 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #153 of 626 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #163 of 709 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #264 of 655 | #10 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #608 of 658 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #530 of 696 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #340 of 364 | #7 of 7 |
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
610
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 64% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 64% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 54% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 40.3 | 15.3:1 | 54% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 55% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 51% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 49% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hokes Bluff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (618 to 610); teachers down 8% (40.3 to 37).
About Hokes Bluff Elementary School
Hokes Bluff Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 610 students. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students, so this school is 27% above average.
Etowah County runs 22 schools with a combined 8,739 students. Hokes Bluff Elementary School is one of them.
At Hokes Bluff Elementary School, White students make up 92% of the student body. It is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Etowah County's residents are about 77% White, 15 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Hokes Bluff Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.5:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%. The average for public schools in Etowah County is 58%.
allk12 grades Hokes Bluff Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 51.0% for a school in Alabama with Hokes Bluff Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hokes Bluff Elementary School posts 58.8%.
Etowah County census figures show that median household income is about $54,563, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Hokes Bluff Elementary School is among the 42 public schools in Etowah County.
The next-closest public school is Hokes Bluff Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Hokes Bluff Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 58.8% versus a 37.8% average.
The federal government classifies Hokes Bluff Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Hokes Bluff Elementary School had 589 students in 2020-21 and 610 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.7:1 to 16.5:1 over the same years.
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Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Etowah County
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 825 students
- John S Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
- Rainbow Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Sardis High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Whitesboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Other schools in Hokes Bluff
- Hokes Bluff High SchoolHigh · 371 students
- Hokes Bluff Middle SchoolMiddle · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Hokes Bluff Middle School0.1 mi · 253
- Hokes Bluff High School1.2 mi · 371
- Glencoe Middle School4.3 mi · 272
- Glencoe High School4.3 mi · 300
- Glencoe Elementary School4.5 mi · 397
- Litchfield Middle School5.5 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hokes Bluff Elementary School?
Hokes Bluff Elementary School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hokes Bluff Elementary School serve?
Hokes Bluff Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hokes Bluff Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Hokes Bluff Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hokes Bluff Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hokes Bluff Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hokes Bluff Elementary School in?
Hokes Bluff Elementary School is part of Etowah County.
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