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Priceville Elementary School
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (120).
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 73 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
Schools most like Priceville Elementary School
Priceville Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priceville Elementary School this school | 674 | 34.0% | 67.5% |
| Southside Elementary School Southside | 585 | 31.8% | 69.2% |
| Crestline Elementary School Hartselle | 710 | 37.6% | 74.3% |
| Wicksburg Elementary School Newton | 636 | 38.5% | 72.3% |
| Brooks Elementary School Killen | 874 | 32.8% | 63.4% |
| Northport Elementary School Northport | 558 | 31.2% | N/A |
Where Priceville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #105 of 626 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #59 of 626 | #5 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #185 of 626 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #121 of 709 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #240 of 655 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #524 of 658 | #18 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #622 of 696 | #23 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #191 of 262 | #10 of 12 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 674 | 41.4 | 16.3:1 | 34% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 35.9 | 19.3:1 | 37% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 39% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 32% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 29 | 22.0:1 | 40% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 36% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 39% (274) |
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (638 to 674); teachers up 43% (29 to 41.4).
About Priceville Elementary School
In Priceville, Alabama, part of Morgan County, Priceville Elementary School is an elementary school. Enrolled students number 674 students, in pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 40% higher than the average for elementary schools in Alabama, which is about 480.
Morgan County enrolls 7,619 students in 16 schools, including Priceville Elementary School.
The large majority of students at Priceville Elementary School, 85%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Morgan County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Priceville Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
The school employs the equivalent of 41.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.3:1. Among elementary schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. Public schools in Morgan County average 56%.
The allk12 Grade for Priceville Elementary School is A-. Compared with Alabama public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Priceville Elementary School is 59.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%.
Morgan County census figures show that median household income is about $68,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 46 public schools operate in Morgan County, serving about 20,204 students.
Of nearby public schools, Priceville Junior High School is the closest, at about 1.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Priceville Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 663 in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.4:1 to 16.3:1.
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Morgan County at a glance
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