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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sulligent School this year?
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Enrollment
684
Combined
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR COUNTY·NCES 010195000756
Sulligent School
500 Elm St, Sulligent, AL 35586 · (205) 698-9254 · Lamar County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
370 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 63 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
64.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
38.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sulligent School
Sulligent School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulligent School this school | 684 | 54.1% | 48.0% |
| Cedar Bluff High School Cedar Bluff | 623 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| Billingsley High School Billingsley | 586 | 57.7% | 33.4% |
| Maplesville High School Maplesville | 592 | 49.7% | 30.1% |
| Zion Chapel High School Jack | 887 | 52.9% | 50.5% |
| Lamar County HighIntermediate Vernon | 544 | 57.7% | 51.5% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 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 Sulligent School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #14 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #15 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #7 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #19 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #21 of 61 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #35 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #39 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #13 of 37 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
684
-47 (-6%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,164
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 684 | 43.2 | 15.8:1 | 54% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 43.5 | 15.9:1 | 66% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 39.5 | 18.1:1 | 66% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 56% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 45.5 | 17.8:1 | 61% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 47 | 16.8:1 | 62% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 64% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 59 | 17.0:1 | 49% (487) |
| 1990-91 | 1,164 | 57 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sulligent School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (809 to 684); teachers down 5% (45.5 to 43.2).
About Sulligent School
Sulligent School is a medium-sized combined-grade school that serves part of Sulligent, Alabama. Students in pre-K through 12 attend, and enrollment is 684 students.
Sulligent School sits within Lamar County, which has 4 schools and 2,129 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sulligent School is 82% White. Other groups make up 13% Black and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 43.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 17.9:1 average for combined schools in Alabama. Roughly 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lamar County average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Sulligent School is A-. Compared with Alabama public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sulligent School is 3.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (48.0% versus 44.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Sulligent School is located in Lamar County, where the median household income is $50,000, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Sulligent School, Lamar County has 4 other public schools.
Nearby, Vernon Elementary School is about 10.1 miles away. Sulligent School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Sulligent School is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Sulligent School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lamar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,693
Census ACS
Median income
$50,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lamar County
- South Lamar SchoolCombined · 624 students
- Lamar County HighIntermediateCombined · 544 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Lamar County School Of TechnologyHigh
Nearby schools
- Vernon Elementary School10.1 mi · 277
- Lamar County HighIntermediate10.4 mi · 544
- Guin Elementary School13.4 mi · 308
- Marion County High School13.4 mi · 223
- Hatley School17.2 mi · 905
- Hamilton Elementary School17.8 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Sulligent SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sulligent School?
Sulligent School enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Sulligent School serve?
Sulligent School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sulligent School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sulligent School is approximately 15.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sulligent School?
At Sulligent School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 1% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sulligent School in?
Sulligent School is part of Lamar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.