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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027000550
Rockwell Elementary School
10183 US Highway 31, Spanish Fort, AL 36527 · (251) 626-5528 · Baldwin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
121 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (108).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
88.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
66.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Rockwell Elementary School
Rockwell Elementary School's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Elementary School this school | 682 | 17.7% | 77.9% |
| Cahaba Elementary School Trussville | 542 | 18.5% | 78.4% |
| Verner Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 608 | 19.7% | 71.6% |
| Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge Vestavia Hills | 657 | 12.3% | 76.5% |
| Fairhope East Elementary Fairhope | 913 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| Shades Cahaba Elementary School Homewood | 507 | 22.1% | 81.8% |
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 Rockwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #38 of 626 | #2 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #69 of 626 | #4 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #33 of 626 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #116 of 709 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #16 of 655 | #1 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #394 of 658 | #16 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #677 of 696 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #27 of 364 | #2 of 10 |
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
682
-181 (-21%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 682 | 52.8 | 12.9:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 49.8 | 15.0:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 51.4 | 14.1:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 15% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 1,030 | 56.3 | 18.3:1 | 16% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 926 | 50 | 18.5:1 | 13% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 14% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 20% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (1,030 to 682); teachers down 6% (56.3 to 52.8).
About Rockwell Elementary School
Rockwell Elementary School is an elementary school in Spanish Fort, Alabama, and it is part of Baldwin County. It had 682 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.
Baldwin County has 31,965 students in 42 schools, and Rockwell Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Rockwell Elementary School is 76%, a majority. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
For every teacher at Rockwell Elementary School, there are about 12.9 students; the school has 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Alabama, 17.0:1, is higher. There are 121 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. Across public schools in Baldwin County, the average is 40%.
Rockwell Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Alabama public elementary schools.
In Alabama, Rockwell Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 77.9% actual against a predicted 71.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Baldwin County show that the median household earns about $78,775 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Baldwin County, 51 public schools serve about 35,975 students.
Of the public schools around it, Rockwell Elementary School is closest to Spanish Fort High School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Rockwell Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 181 students, from 863 to 682. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Rockwell Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Spanish Fort
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Spanish Fort Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
Other Rockwell Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Rockwell Elementary. Rockwell Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Rockwell ElementaryRockwell, NC · 502 students
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEDROW, NY · 208 students
- Rockwell ElementaryFort Atkinson, WI · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Spanish Fort High School0.8 mi · 1,115
- Stonebridge Elementary2.5 mi · 620
- Spanish Fort Middle School2.6 mi · 649
- Daphne High School2.9 mi · 1,639
- Spanish Fort Elementary School3.4 mi · 726
- Daphne Middle School4.4 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About Rockwell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rockwell Elementary School?
Rockwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades PK-06.
Is Rockwell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rockwell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockwell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockwell Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockwell Elementary School?
At Rockwell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Rockwell Elementary School?
Rockwell Elementary School is overseen by Baldwin County in Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.