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Jemison Elementary School
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Jemison Elementary School
Jemison Elementary School operates as a well-populated elementary-level community in Jemison, Alabama, run under Chilton County. Current enrollment sits at 752 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Jemison Elementary School sits 57% above that benchmark.
Within Chilton County, which oversees 12 schools and 7,921 students, Jemison Elementary School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Jemison Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Chilton County's rate of about 57%.
With demographic context factored in, Jemison Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 37.3%.
In the surrounding community, Chilton County reports that median household income runs about $65,603, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Chilton County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,921 students), Jemison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Jemison Intermediate School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jemison Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.6%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jemison Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 770 students in 2018 to 752 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Jemison Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Chilton County at a glance
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