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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000446
Vinemont Elementary School
105 High School Road, Vinemont, AL 35179 · (256) 734-0314 · Cullman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
243 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
27%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
77.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
44.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Vinemont Elementary School
Vinemont Elementary School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinemont Elementary School this school | 487 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| Locust Fork Elementary Locust Fork | 534 | 50.6% | 72.5% |
| West Point Elementary School Cullman | 496 | 51.8% | 53.9% |
| Cedar Hill Elementary School Ardmore | 576 | 51.4% | 56.6% |
| DanvilleNeel Elementary School Danville | 504 | 53.6% | 65.3% |
| Good Hope Elementary School Cullman | 393 | 50.4% | 55.1% |
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 Vinemont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #201 of 626 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #258 of 626 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #142 of 626 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #317 of 709 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #305 of 655 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.8% | #520 of 658 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #487 of 696 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #262 of 262 | #10 of 10 |
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
487
+44 (+10%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 487 | 29.1 | 16.8:1 | 50% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 67% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 68% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 51% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 65% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 62% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 65% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 53% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vinemont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (486 to 487); teachers up 12% (26 to 29.1).
About Vinemont Elementary School
Vinemont Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Vinemont, Alabama. Federal data show 487 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Cullman County counts 9,901 students in its 25 schools, and Vinemont Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Vinemont Elementary School, about 85 are White. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Vinemont Elementary School has 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.8:1. It is about the same as the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%.
Vinemont Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Vinemont Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.9%, compared with a predicted 47.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Cullman County, the median household earns about $62,656 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Vinemont Elementary School shares Cullman County with 33 other public schools.
Vinemont Elementary School's nearest public school is Vinemont High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vinemont Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 443 to 487.
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Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Cold Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Vinemont
- West Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 397 students
- Vinemont High SchoolHigh · 348 students
- West Point Intermediate SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Vinemont Middle SchoolMiddle · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Vinemont High School0.0 mi · 348
- Vinemont Middle School0.1 mi · 225
- Cullman Child Development Center1.6 mi · 170
- Cullman High School4.0 mi · 1,014
- Cullman Middle School4.2 mi · 491
- Cullman City Primary School4.2 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About Vinemont Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vinemont Elementary School?
Vinemont Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
Is Vinemont Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vinemont Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vinemont Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vinemont Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vinemont Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vinemont Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Vinemont Elementary School public or private?
Vinemont Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cullman County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.