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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Iola Roberts Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELL CITY·NCES 010265001572
Iola Roberts Elementary School
810 Martin St N, Pell City, AL 35125 · (205) 338-7312 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
295 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
49%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
68.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
65.6%
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 66 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 30 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 Iola Roberts Elementary School
Iola Roberts Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola Roberts Elementary School this school | 402 | 73.4% | 61.0% |
| Vincent Elementary School Vincent | 397 | 71.0% | 47.7% |
| Lineville Elementary School Lineville | 459 | 68.0% | 53.3% |
| Samson Elementary School Samson | 361 | 69.8% | 47.1% |
| Pearl Haskew Elementary Irvington | 546 | 71.2% | 49.6% |
| Webb Elementary School Webb | 419 | 72.8% | 68.7% |
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 Iola Roberts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #171 of 626 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #76 of 626 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #242 of 626 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #435 of 709 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #89 of 655 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #317 of 658 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #178 of 696 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #186 of 262 | 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
402
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
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 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 73% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 74% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 78% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 71% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 25.5 | 14.9:1 | 67% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 62% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 73% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 57% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 33 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iola Roberts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (380 to 402); teachers up 6% (25.5 to 27).
About Iola Roberts Elementary School
Iola Roberts Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Pell City, Alabama. It enrolls 402 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 4.
Pell City is the district for Iola Roberts Elementary School. It has 8 schools and 4,079 students.
At Iola Roberts Elementary School, 69% of students are White. The school is also 17% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 84% White share among all St. Clair County residents. The diversity index for Iola Roberts Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Iola Roberts Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. A total of 295 students, or 73%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 49% average among public schools in St. Clair County.
Iola Roberts Elementary School is 30.4 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Alabama.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Clair County show that the median household earns about $77,463 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. St. Clair County has 29 public schools with about 13,737 students, including Iola Roberts Elementary School.
Iola Roberts Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Pell City High School, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 61.0% is above the 44.0% average for nearby schools.
Iola Roberts Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Iola Roberts Elementary School had a net gain of 21 students, or 6%.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,166
Census ACS
Median income
$77,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
13,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pell City
- Pell City High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Duran Junior High SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Walter M Kennedy SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Coosa Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Eden Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other schools in Pell City
- Pell City High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Duran Junior High SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Walter M Kennedy SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Eden Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Legacy CenterElementary · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Pell City High School1.1 mi · 1,193
- Duran Junior High School1.2 mi · 601
- Legacy Center1.3 mi · 98
- Eden Elementary School1.7 mi · 346
- Walter M Kennedy School2.5 mi · 437
- Williams Intermediate School2.6 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Iola Roberts Elementary SchoolHow large is Iola Roberts Elementary School?
Iola Roberts Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Iola Roberts Elementary School serve?
Iola Roberts Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Iola Roberts Elementary School have?
Iola Roberts Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Iola Roberts Elementary School?
Iola Roberts Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Iola Roberts Elementary School public or private?
Iola Roberts Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pell City.
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