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What's one thing Margaret Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
707
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CLAIR COUNTY·NCES 010306202170
Margaret Elementary
200 Mustang Drive, Margaret, AL 35112 · (205) 629-5034 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
317 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Margaret Elementary→Odenville Middle School
Based on grade levels within St Clair County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
48.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Margaret Elementary
Margaret Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Elementary this school | 707 | 44.8% | 60.7% |
| Daphne Elementary School Daphne | 671 | 44.1% | 67.2% |
| Warrior Elementary School Warrior | 612 | 43.0% | 60.0% |
| Lake View Elementary School McCalla | 744 | 41.5% | 43.6% |
| South Smiths Station Elementary School Smiths Station | 669 | 42.3% | 60.4% |
| East Smiths Station Elementary School Smiths Station | 785 | 48.2% | 60.2% |
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 Margaret Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #175 of 626 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #210 of 626 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #160 of 626 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #101 of 709 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #258 of 655 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #294 of 658 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #535 of 696 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #204 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
707
+79 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 707 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 45% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 57% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 58% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 44% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 37 | 18.3:1 | 40% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 39% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (676 to 707); teachers up 16% (37 to 43).
About Margaret Elementary
Margaret Elementary is a public elementary school run by St Clair County in Margaret, Alabama. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 707 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Alabama) has about 480 students.
St Clair County is made up of 18 schools with 9,658 students in all.
White students account for 66% of enrollment at Margaret Elementary. The remaining students are 22% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show St. Clair County is about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Margaret Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school reported 43 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.4:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.4% at Margaret Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Clair County, median household income is about $77,463, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 29 public schools operate in St. Clair County, serving about 13,737 students.
The shortest distance from Margaret Elementary to another public school is about 4.7 miles, to Moody High School. The five-mile area around Margaret Elementary holds 6 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 49.0% proficiency; Margaret Elementary posts 60.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Margaret Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 628 in 2020-21 and 707 in 2024-25, a increase of 79 students.
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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 St Clair County
- Moody Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Springville High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Springville Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 708 students
- Saint Clair County High SchoolHigh · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Moody High School4.7 mi · 708
- Moody Junior High School4.8 mi · 373
- Odenville Intermediate School4.9 mi · 355
- Moody Middle School4.9 mi · 573
- Odenville Middle School5.0 mi · 534
- Odenville Elementary School5.0 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Margaret Elementary?
Margaret Elementary enrolls approximately 707 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Margaret Elementary serve?
Margaret Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Margaret Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Margaret Elementary.
How diverse is Margaret Elementary?
Margaret Elementary reports a student body of 66% White, 5% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Margaret Elementary?
Margaret Elementary is overseen by St Clair County in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.