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Which teacher or staff member at Tallassee Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALLASSEE CITY·NCES 010324001601
Tallassee Elementary School
850 Friendship Rd, Tallassee, AL 36078 · (334) 283-5001 · Elmore County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
357 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 | 61 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (101).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Tallassee City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
46.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Tallassee Elementary School
Tallassee Elementary School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallassee Elementary School this school | 609 | 58.6% | 52.5% |
| Brent Elementary School Brent | 603 | 58.7% | 35.8% |
| Fayette Elementary School Fayette | 529 | 60.7% | 48.4% |
| Semmes Elementary School Semmes | 576 | 56.3% | 51.1% |
| Gordo Elementary School Gordo | 545 | 59.1% | 61.0% |
| Beulah Elementary School Valley | 696 | 59.2% | 45.3% |
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 Tallassee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Elmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #278 of 626 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #236 of 626 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #259 of 626 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #167 of 709 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #155 of 655 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #212 of 658 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #363 of 696 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #175 of 364 | N/A |
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
609
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+140% since 1990-91, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 609 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 59% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 68% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 69% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 54% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 62% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 50% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 52% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 11 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tallassee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (696 to 609); teachers unchanged (39 to 39).
About Tallassee Elementary School
Tallassee Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Tallassee, Alabama. Total enrollment is 609 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in Alabama enroll about 480 students on average.
Tallassee City (3 schools, 1,507 students) runs Tallassee Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Tallassee Elementary School are White (60%). The next largest groups are 25% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In Elmore County overall, about 73% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Teacher count: 39 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 1.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Elmore County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Tallassee Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Tallassee Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.5%) and its predicted rate (41.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
In Elmore County, home to about 89,526 people, median household income comes to about $78,243, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,867, Tallassee Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Tallassee High School, is the closest to Tallassee Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Tallassee Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Tallassee Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 628 to 609, a 3% decline.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tallassee City
- Tallassee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 424 students
Other schools in Tallassee
- Tallassee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Tallassee High School0.9 mi · 474
- Southside Middle School1.3 mi · 424
- Reeltown High School7.9 mi · 495
- Reeltown Elementary School8.0 mi · 446
- DC Wolfe School9.2 mi · 111
- Eclectic Elementary School9.3 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Tallassee Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tallassee Elementary School?
Tallassee Elementary School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Tallassee Elementary School serve?
Tallassee Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Tallassee Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Tallassee Elementary School.
How diverse is Tallassee Elementary School?
Tallassee Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Tallassee Elementary School public or private?
Tallassee Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tallassee City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.