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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Little Ridge Intermediate School this year?
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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT PAYNE CITY·NCES 010156002518
Little Ridge Intermediate School
201 45th St NE, Fort Payne, AL 35967 · (256) 845-0535 · DeKalb County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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
16.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
508 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 285 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 242 | 31% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fort Payne City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
41.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Little Ridge Intermediate School
Little Ridge Intermediate School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Ridge Intermediate School this school | 792 | 64.1% | 50.0% |
| Wills Valley Elementary School Fort Payne | 738 | 66.0% | N/A |
| Jemison Elementary School Jemison | 752 | 65.6% | 37.3% |
| Robert D Sloman Primary Douglas | 613 | 60.7% | N/A |
| Summerdale School Summerdale | 615 | 64.2% | 39.5% |
| Susan Moore Elementary School Blountsville | 582 | 68.0% | 55.4% |
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 Little Ridge Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #301 of 626 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #290 of 626 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #285 of 626 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #57 of 709 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #221 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #196 of 658 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #293 of 696 | 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 792 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 64% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 74% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 74% (536) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Ridge Intermediate School.
About Little Ridge Intermediate School
Little Ridge Intermediate School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Fort Payne, Alabama. It enrolled 792 students in grades 3 through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Fort Payne City, which runs Little Ridge Intermediate School, has 5 schools and 3,508 students.
Little Ridge Intermediate School's enrollment is 51% White. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County residents are about 80% White. By the diversity index, Little Ridge Intermediate School comes in at 57%.
A ratio of 16.2:1 comes from the school's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 64% in 2024-25. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is about the same, 65%.
Little Ridge Intermediate School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Little Ridge Intermediate School is 12.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.0% versus 37.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
County data help place the school in context: in DeKalb County, median household income is about $51,204, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The public schools of DeKalb County number 20 and enroll about 12,277.
The next-closest public school is Fort Payne Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Little Ridge Intermediate School at 2nd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Threads on this page can be about school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,269
Census ACS
Median income
$51,204
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,277 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Payne City
- Fort Payne High SchoolHigh · 1,106 students
- Fort Payne Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Wills Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Williams Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 131 students
Other schools in Fort Payne
- Fort Payne High SchoolHigh · 1,106 students
- Fort Payne Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Wills Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Williams Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 131 students
- Alternative SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Fort Payne Middle School0.5 mi · 741
- Fort Payne High School0.6 mi · 1,106
- Wills Valley Elementary School1.1 mi · 738
- Williams Avenue Elementary School3.4 mi · 131
- Valley Head High School5.8 mi · 517
- Plainview School8.5 mi · 1,167
Frequently asked questions
About Little Ridge Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Little Ridge Intermediate School?
Little Ridge Intermediate School enrolls approximately 792 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Little Ridge Intermediate School serve?
Little Ridge Intermediate School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Little Ridge Intermediate School have?
Little Ridge Intermediate School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Little Ridge Intermediate School?
At Little Ridge Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 41% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Little Ridge Intermediate School public or private?
Little Ridge Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort Payne City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.