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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sylvania School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
915
Combined
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 010114000424
Sylvania School
133 2nd Street N, Sylvania, AL 35988 · (256) 638-2030 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
535 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
48.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
26.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sylvania School
Sylvania School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania School this school | 915 | 58.5% | 36.3% |
| Plainview School Rainsville | 1,167 | 53.0% | 54.8% |
| Belgreen High School Russellville | 588 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| Highland Home School Highland Home | 746 | 64.6% | 31.6% |
| Appalachian School Oneonta | 699 | 52.9% | 41.4% |
| Fyffe High School Fyffe | 954 | 49.2% | 52.4% |
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 Sylvania School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #39 of 62 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #40 of 62 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #42 of 62 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #5 of 69 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #34 of 61 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #7 of 61 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #29 of 65 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #27 of 37 | N/A |
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
915
+85 (+10%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 972
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 915 | 54.3 | 16.8:1 | 58% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 939 | 56 | 16.8:1 | 59% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 945 | 53 | 17.8:1 | 59% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 50 | 16.6:1 | 57% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 54 | 17.6:1 | 64% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | 52 | 18.4:1 | 67% (641) |
| 2010-11 | 936 | N/A | N/A | 69% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 852 | 52 | 16.4:1 | 39% (336) |
| 1990-91 | 972 | 45 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvania School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (951 to 915); teachers up 1% (54 to 54.3).
About Sylvania School
Sylvania School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a school serving multiple grade levels in Sylvania, Alabama. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 915 students enrolled. By comparison, combined schools in Alabama enroll about 673 students on average.
DeKalb County has 8,769 students spread across 12 schools.
The student body at Sylvania School is 63% White. The school is also 17% Hispanic and 16% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sylvania School, giving a ratio of 16.8:1. The school's 16.8:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for combined schools in Alabama. By family income, 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Sylvania School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Alabama public K-12 schools.
Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.5%. Sylvania School scores 36.3%.
In DeKalb County, home to about 72,269 people, the median household earns about $51,204 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Sylvania School shares DeKalb County with 19 other public schools.
Henagar Junior High School is about 5.5 miles from Sylvania School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Sylvania School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Sylvania School ranks 8th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 85 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Sylvania School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,269
Census ACS
Median income
$51,204
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,277 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Geraldine SchoolCombined · 1,211 students
- Plainview SchoolCombined · 1,167 students
- Fyffe High SchoolCombined · 954 students
- Collinsville High SchoolCombined · 906 students
- Crossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Crossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Henagar Junior High School5.5 mi · 261
- Plainview School5.7 mi · 1,167
- Dutton Elementary School6.6 mi · 201
- Pisgah High School8.3 mi · 598
- Little Ridge Intermediate School9.3 mi · 792
- Fyffe High School9.4 mi · 954
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvania SchoolHow many students attend Sylvania School?
Sylvania School enrolls approximately 915 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Sylvania School serve?
Sylvania School serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Sylvania School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Sylvania School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvania School?
At Sylvania School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sylvania School in?
Sylvania School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.