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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOUNT COUNTY·NCES 010042001427
Locust Fork Elementary
155 School Rd, Locust Fork, AL 35097 · (205) 681-9512 · Blount County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
270 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
79.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
67.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 25 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 Locust Fork Elementary
Locust Fork Elementary's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Fork Elementary this school | 534 | 50.6% | 72.5% |
| Cedar Hill Elementary School Ardmore | 576 | 51.4% | 56.6% |
| Vinemont Elementary School Vinemont | 487 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| West Point Elementary School Cullman | 496 | 51.8% | 53.9% |
| DanvilleNeel Elementary School Danville | 504 | 53.6% | 65.3% |
| Winfield Elementary School Winfield | 499 | 53.7% | 71.8% |
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 Locust Fork Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Blount County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #68 of 626 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #64 of 626 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #113 of 626 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #250 of 709 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #400 of 655 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #548 of 658 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #475 of 696 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #235 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
534
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 534 | 30.5 | 17.5:1 | 51% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 31.6 | 17.1:1 | 65% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 27.5 | 18.9:1 | 66% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 59% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 29.8 | 17.6:1 | 62% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 63% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 52% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locust Fork Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (523 to 534); teachers up 2% (29.8 to 30.5).
About Locust Fork Elementary
At 155 School Rd in Locust Fork, Alabama, Locust Fork Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 534 students, in pre-K through 6.
Blount County is responsible for 14 schools, Locust Fork Elementary included, with 7,600 students in all.
Locust Fork Elementary enrolls a student body that is 87% White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic. For comparison, Blount County is about 88% White. Locust Fork Elementary has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Locust Fork Elementary total 30.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.5:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. Across public schools in Blount County, the average is about the same, 48%.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Locust Fork Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Locust Fork Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Alabama are predicted to post 47.2%, so the school is 25.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Federal survey data for Blount County show that median household income is about $64,190, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Locust Fork Elementary is among the 20 public schools in Blount County.
The nearest public school is Locust Fork High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Locust Fork Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 50.1% proficiency; Locust Fork Elementary posts 72.5%.
Federal data place Locust Fork Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Locust Fork Elementary saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.8 in 2020-21.
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Blount County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,518
Census ACS
Median income
$64,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blount County
- Southeastern SchoolCombined · 822 students
- Hayden High SchoolHigh · 798 students
- Appalachian SchoolCombined · 699 students
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Susan Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Hayden Primary SchoolElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Fork High School0.1 mi · 417
- Southeastern School5.7 mi · 822
- Cleveland High School6.5 mi · 389
- Cleveland Elementary School6.5 mi · 499
- Oneonta Elementary School7.2 mi · 663
- Oneonta High School7.2 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Locust Fork ElementaryHow large is Locust Fork Elementary?
Locust Fork Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-06.
Is Locust Fork Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Locust Fork Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Locust Fork Elementary have?
Locust Fork Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Locust Fork Elementary?
Student demographics at Locust Fork Elementary are roughly 87% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Locust Fork Elementary public or private?
Locust Fork Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blount County.
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