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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Oak Park Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR CITY·NCES 010117000434
Oak Park Elementary School
1218 16th Ave SE, Decatur, AL 35601 · (256) 552-3033 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
341 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 76 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
29.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
16.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Oak Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School this school | 481 | 70.9% | 20.5% |
| Irondale Community School Irondale | 435 | 71.7% | 33.1% |
| Woodmeade Elementary School Decatur | 361 | 67.6% | 38.1% |
| BanksCaddell Elementary School Decatur | 477 | 76.5% | 30.4% |
| Austinville Elementary School Decatur | 463 | 67.6% | 41.9% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School Huntsville | 463 | 69.8% | 28.8% |
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 Oak Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #596 of 626 | #22 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #550 of 626 | #22 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #606 of 626 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #324 of 709 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #31 of 655 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #78 of 658 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #208 of 696 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #59 of 262 | #4 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
481
+35 (+8%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 481 | 35.5 | 13.6:1 | 71% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 31.5 | 16.4:1 | 83% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 30.5 | 16.5:1 | 84% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 79% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 27.3 | 14.4:1 | 90% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 80% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (393 to 481); teachers up 30% (27.3 to 35.5).
About Oak Park Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Oak Park Elementary School serves students in Decatur, Alabama. It reported 481 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Decatur City is made up of 19 schools with 8,902 students in all.
Hispanic students make up 49% of enrollment at Oak Park Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 11% Hispanic among all Morgan County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Oak Park Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The school has 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Federal data show 71% of students (341) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 56% average for public schools in Morgan County is 15 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Oak Park Elementary School is 11.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.5% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
The school's county is Morgan County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $68,845 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Oak Park Elementary School shares Morgan County with 45 other public schools.
Oak Park Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Decatur High Developmental, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 40.1% on proficiency, and Oak Park Elementary School is below that at 20.5%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 481, up from 446 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 13.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur City
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- BanksCaddell Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
Other Oak Park Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Park Elementary. Oak Park Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 11.
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 678 students
- Oak Park ElementarySan Diego, CA · 545 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolLansdale, PA · 526 students
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 473 students
- Oak Park ElementaryOcean Springs, MS · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Decatur High Developmental0.5 mi · 37
- Decatur High School0.5 mi · 915
- Decatur Middle School0.7 mi · 818
- Walter Jackson Elementary School0.8 mi · 251
- BanksCaddell Elementary School1.3 mi · 477
- Eastwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oak Park Elementary School serve?
Oak Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 49% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Oak Park Elementary School public or private?
Oak Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Decatur City.
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