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If you could change one rule at Saks Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY·NCES 010054000242
Saks Elementary School
31 Watson, Anniston, AL 36206 · (256) 741-6800 · Calhoun County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
485 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
40.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Saks Elementary School
Saks Elementary School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saks Elementary School this school | 625 | 77.6% | 26.3% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Bay Minette | 449 | 74.4% | 37.4% |
| Joseph W Lisenby Primary School Ozark | 494 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Nathaniel H Stephens Elementary School Alexander City | 436 | 71.3% | 36.6% |
| WC Griggs Elementary School Mobile | 601 | 71.5% | 38.2% |
| Central Elementary School Rockford | 397 | 76.6% | 38.1% |
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 Saks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Calhoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #547 of 626 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #601 of 626 | #14 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #544 of 626 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #151 of 709 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #259 of 655 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #79 of 658 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #121 of 696 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.9% | #25 of 262 | #1 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
625
+182 (+41%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 625 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 78% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 39.6 | 15.6:1 | 85% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 31.3 | 14.7:1 | 86% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 76% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 69% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 76% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 71% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 50% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 35 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (450 to 625); teachers up 36% (28 to 38).
About Saks Elementary School
Saks Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Anniston, Alabama. The school's enrollment of 625 students covers pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Alabama, which is about 480.
The district, Calhoun County, has 7,997 students enrolled across 17 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Saks Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 41%. The remaining students are 40% White, 9% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. Census figures show Calhoun County is about 22% Black. Saks Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Saks Elementary School is 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. The rate at public schools in Calhoun County averages 58%, lower than here.
Saks Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Saks Elementary School are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (26.3% actual, 27.6% predicted).
Census estimates describe Calhoun County this way: the median household income is $55,029, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Saks Elementary School, Calhoun County has 37 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is EXCEL Academy, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Saks 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.
In 2020-21 the school reported 443 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 625. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
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Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,090
Census ACS
Median income
$55,029
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
16,686 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County
- Alexandria Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Alexandria Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
- Alexandria High SchoolHigh · 480 students
Other schools in Anniston
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Anniston High SchoolHigh · 498 students
- De Armanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Wellborn High SchoolHigh · 425 students
- Saks High SchoolHigh · 419 students
Nearby schools
- EXCEL Academy0.1 mi · 196
- Saks High School0.3 mi · 419
- Anniston Middle School0.7 mi · 357
- Cobb Preparatory Academy2.8 mi · 270
- Anniston High School2.9 mi · 498
- Randolph Park Elementary School2.9 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Saks Elementary SchoolHow large is Saks Elementary School?
Saks Elementary School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Saks Elementary School serve?
Saks Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Saks Elementary School have?
Saks Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Saks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Saks Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 9% Hispanic, 41% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Saks Elementary School?
Saks Elementary School is overseen by Calhoun County in Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.