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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001439
Nixon Elementary School
1000 Edgar D Nixon Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104 · (334) 269-3012 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
398 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
26.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
16.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon Elementary School this school | 476 | 83.6% | 18.9% |
| Erwin Intermediate School Center Point | 510 | 82.2% | 24.9% |
| Dannelly Elementary School Montgomery | 588 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| Davis Elementary School Montgomery | 533 | 87.6% | 12.5% |
| Crump Elementary School Montgomery | 575 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Hudson KEight School Birmingham | 580 | 87.1% | 13.6% |
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 Nixon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #609 of 626 | #27 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #552 of 626 | #20 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #616 of 626 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #336 of 709 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #184 of 655 | #5 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #490 of 658 | #19 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #54 of 696 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #146 of 262 | #4 of 8 |
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
476
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 84% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 94% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | N/A | N/A | 97% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 95% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 87% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 82% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 90% (462) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nixon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (438 to 476); teachers up 36% (22 to 30).
About Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Montgomery, Alabama. The school had 476 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Montgomery County is responsible for 51 schools, Nixon Elementary School included, with 26,958 students in all.
The student body at Nixon Elementary School is 82% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 59%. Nixon Elementary School's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Nixon Elementary School is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.9:1. That is lower than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school counts 398 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%. It compares with 67% for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades Nixon Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Nixon Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 23.2%. Nixon Elementary School scores 18.9%, 4.4 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Montgomery County, the median household income is $59,386, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Montgomery County is home to 60 public schools and about 31,131 public school students.
Lanier Senior High School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 24.1% proficiency; Nixon Elementary School posts 18.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Nixon Elementary School is City: Mid-size. Nixon Elementary School is one of the charter schools in Alabama.
Enrollment at Nixon Elementary School grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 447 to 476 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.6:1).
Community posts for Nixon Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other Nixon Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Nixon Elementary. Nixon Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Nixon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 672 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 510 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolHiawatha, IA · 289 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolLANDING, NJ · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Lanier Senior High School0.5 mi · 517
- Baldwin Art And Academics Magnet0.9 mi · 478
- Morris Elementary School0.9 mi · 414
- McIntyre Comprehensive Academy1.1 mi · 212
- Bellingrath Middle School1.1 mi · 583
- LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute1.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Nixon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nixon Elementary School?
Nixon Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Nixon Elementary School serve?
Nixon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Nixon Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Nixon Elementary School.
How diverse is Nixon Elementary School?
Nixon Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 15% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Nixon Elementary School public or private?
Nixon Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.