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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027000067
Spanish Fort Elementary School
30900 State Highway 225, Spanish Fort, AL 36527 · (251) 626-9751 · Baldwin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
190 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (113).
Student demographics
40%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
85.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
63.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Spanish Fort Elementary School
Spanish Fort Elementary School's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fort Elementary School this school | 726 | 26.2% | 73.9% |
| Redland Elementary School Wetumpka | 730 | 25.9% | 69.0% |
| Bryan Elementary School Morris | 697 | 25.5% | 70.9% |
| Bluff Park Elementary School Hoover | 658 | 22.8% | 81.8% |
| Ivy Classical Academy Prattville | 619 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Forest Oaks Elementary School Chelsea | 606 | 29.2% | 58.8% |
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 Spanish Fort Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #59 of 626 | #5 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #88 of 626 | #5 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #47 of 626 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #90 of 709 | #13 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #72 of 655 | #8 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #400 of 658 | #18 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #656 of 696 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #211 of 262 | #12 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
726
+150 (+26%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 726 | 49.5 | 14.7:1 | 26% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 49.9 | 15.3:1 | 34% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 47.1 | 16.2:1 | 31% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 25% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 37.5 | 18.6:1 | 25% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 21% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 16% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 7% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 30 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spanish Fort Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (699 to 726); teachers up 32% (37.5 to 49.5).
About Spanish Fort Elementary School
Among the schools in Spanish Fort, Alabama, is Spanish Fort Elementary School, a large elementary school. A total of 726 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students, so this school is 51% bigger than average.
Baldwin County (42 schools, 31,965 students) runs Spanish Fort Elementary School.
A majority of students at Spanish Fort Elementary School, 76%, are White. The next largest groups are 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Spanish Fort Elementary School has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 49.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.7:1. Among elementary schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Baldwin County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Spanish Fort Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Spanish Fort Elementary School is 64.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.9%.
Spanish Fort Elementary School is located in Baldwin County, where median household income is about $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 51 public schools in Baldwin County, with a combined enrollment of about 35,975.
Spanish Fort High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Spanish Fort Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 73.9% against a local average of 62.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Spanish Fort Elementary School had 576 students in 2020-21 and 726 in 2024-25, a 26% rise.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Rockwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Spanish Fort Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Spanish Fort High School3.2 mi · 1,115
- Rockwell Elementary School3.4 mi · 682
- Daphne High School3.5 mi · 1,639
- Spanish Fort Middle School4.1 mi · 649
- Daphne Elementary School4.3 mi · 671
- Daphne Middle School4.5 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolHow large is Spanish Fort Elementary School?
Spanish Fort Elementary School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Spanish Fort Elementary School serve?
Spanish Fort Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Spanish Fort Elementary School have?
Spanish Fort Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Spanish Fort Elementary School?
Student demographics at Spanish Fort Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Spanish Fort Elementary School public or private?
Spanish Fort Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.