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What's the most underrated thing about Jemison Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
752
Elementary
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHILTON COUNTY·NCES 010066001657
Jemison Elementary School
1495 County Road 44, Jemison, AL 35085 · (205) 280-4820 · Chilton County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest 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
15.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
493 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 67 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 168 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 191 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 183 | 24% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
51.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What 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.
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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Jemison Elementary School
Jemison Elementary School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jemison Elementary School this school | 752 | 65.6% | 37.3% |
| Little Ridge Intermediate School Fort Payne | 792 | 64.1% | 50.0% |
| Summerdale School Summerdale | 615 | 64.2% | 39.5% |
| Wills Valley Elementary School Fort Payne | 738 | 66.0% | N/A |
| Susan Moore Elementary School Blountsville | 582 | 68.0% | 55.4% |
| Robert D Sloman Primary Douglas | 613 | 60.7% | 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 Jemison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #436 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #477 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #445 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #75 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #160 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #186 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #280 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #324 of 364 |
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
752
+45 (+6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 752 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 66% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 79% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 77% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 56% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 69% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 927 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 75% (692) |
| 2010-11 | 907 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 64% (580) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 42% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 51 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jemison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (770 to 752); teachers up 9% (44 to 48).
About Jemison Elementary School
Jemison Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Jemison, Alabama. In all, 752 students attend the school in pre-K through 3. The school is 57% larger than the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Jemison Elementary School is in Chilton County, a district with 7,921 students across 12 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Jemison Elementary School is White: 53%. Enrollment also includes 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 28 points below the 81% share among Chilton County residents. The diversity index for Jemison Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Jemison Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 66%. On average, public schools in Chilton County report 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jemison Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Jemison Elementary School scores 37.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.3%.
In the surrounding county, Chilton County, median household income comes to about $65,603, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 14, with about 7,921 students.
Jemison Intermediate School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Jemison Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Jemison Elementary School enrolled 707 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 752.
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Chilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,992
Census ACS
Median income
$65,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chilton County
- Clanton Elementary SchoolElementary · 942 students
- Thorsby High SchoolCombined · 895 students
- Chilton County High SchoolHigh · 833 students
- Isabella High SchoolCombined · 789 students
- Jemison High SchoolHigh · 702 students
- Clanton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in Jemison
- Jemison High SchoolHigh · 702 students
- Jemison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Jemison Middle SchoolMiddle · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Jemison Intermediate School0.1 mi · 468
- Jemison High School1.6 mi · 702
- Jemison Middle School1.6 mi · 328
- Thorsby High School4.8 mi · 895
- Calera High7.9 mi · 1,018
- Calera Intermediate School8.3 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Jemison Elementary SchoolHow large is Jemison Elementary School?
Jemison Elementary School enrolls approximately 752 students in grades PK-03.
Is Jemison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jemison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Jemison Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Jemison Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jemison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jemison Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jemison Elementary School?
Jemison Elementary School is overseen by Chilton County in Chilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.