Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLBERT COUNTY·NCES 010084000341
New Bethel Elementary School
900 New Bethel Road, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 · (256) 383-6471 · Colbert County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
15.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
69 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 80% larger than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
86.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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
83.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 31 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 New Bethel Elementary School
New Bethel Elementary School's state test result (83.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bethel Elementary School this school | 159 | 43.4% | 83.0% |
| Stapleton School Stapleton | 203 | 47.8% | 58.4% |
| Welti Elementary School Cullman | 218 | 45.0% | 52.3% |
| Randolph Elementary School Randolph | 225 | 49.3% | 50.7% |
| Macedonia School Section | 138 | 52.2% | 44.6% |
| Bryant School Bryant | 103 | 37.9% | 47.1% |
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 New Bethel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Colbert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #15 of 626 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #4 of 626 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #91 of 626 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #681 of 709 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #550 of 696 | #10 of 12 |
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
159
-13 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 159 | 10.6 | 15.0:1 | 43% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 9.6 | 16.5:1 | 25% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 11.2 | 14.6:1 | 25% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 172 | 11 | 15.6:1 | 56% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 8.7 | 16.8:1 | 60% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 10 | 14.5:1 | 60% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 11 | 15.9:1 | 64% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 49% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 9 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Bethel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (146 to 159); teachers up 22% (8.7 to 10.6).
About New Bethel Elementary School
New Bethel Elementary School, a very small elementary school, is located in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Enrollment totals 159 students across pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 67% below the 480-student average for elementary schools in Alabama.
The district, Colbert County, has 2,573 students enrolled across 8 schools.
By race and ethnicity, New Bethel Elementary School is 93% White. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic. Colbert County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Bethel Elementary School is 15.0:1, based on 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Lunch program data show 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
New Bethel Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Alabama public elementary schools.
New Bethel Elementary School scores 30.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 83.0% actual versus 52.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Colbert County area, the median household earns about $60,628 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. New Bethel Elementary School shares Colbert County with 24 other public schools.
Colbert Heights Elementary School is the nearest public school to New Bethel Elementary School, about 4.7 miles away. New Bethel Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, New Bethel Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 172 to 159, an 8% decline.
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Colbert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,022
Census ACS
Median income
$60,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,178 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colbert County
- Colbert Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Colbert Heights High SchoolHigh · 467 students
- Colbert County High SchoolHigh · 438 students
- Leighton Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
Other schools in Tuscumbia
- Deshler High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- Colbert Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Colbert Heights High SchoolHigh · 467 students
- G W Trenholm Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- R E Thompson Intermediate SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Deshler Middle SchoolMiddle · 336 students
Other New Bethel Elementary schools
One other US public school is named New Bethel Elementary. New Bethel Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- New Bethel Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Colbert Heights Elementary School4.7 mi · 486
- Colbert Heights High School4.9 mi · 467
- R E Thompson Intermediate School6.6 mi · 360
- G W Trenholm Primary School7.3 mi · 413
- Deshler High School8.0 mi · 488
- Deshler Middle School8.1 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About New Bethel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Bethel Elementary School?
New Bethel Elementary School enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-06.
Is New Bethel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Bethel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does New Bethel Elementary School have?
New Bethel Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Bethel Elementary School?
At New Bethel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is New Bethel Elementary School public or private?
New Bethel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colbert County.
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