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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN CITY·NCES 010162000564
W E Striplin Elementary School
600 Cleveland Ave, Gadsden, AL 35901 · (256) 546-8616 · Etowah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-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
19.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
339 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
24.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 W E Striplin Elementary School
W E Striplin Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W E Striplin Elementary School this school | 400 | 84.8% | 33.0% |
| Matthews Elementary School Northport | 401 | 86.8% | 25.9% |
| Holt Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 448 | 82.4% | 24.8% |
| Floyd Elementary School Gadsden | 384 | 82.0% | 22.6% |
| Highland Gardens Elementary School Montgomery | 468 | 79.7% | 31.1% |
| Morningview Elementary School Montgomery | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
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 W E Striplin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #484 of 626 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #458 of 626 | #15 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #503 of 626 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #439 of 709 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #578 of 655 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #173 of 658 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #45 of 696 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #264 of 364 | #5 of 7 |
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
400
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 400 | 20.3 | 19.7:1 | 85% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 90% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 20.7 | 22.5:1 | 86% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 86% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 22.5 | 18.9:1 | 84% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 87% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 86% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 94% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 28 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W E Striplin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (426 to 400); teachers down 10% (22.5 to 20.3).
About W E Striplin Elementary School
W E Striplin Elementary School is a small elementary school in Alabama, located in Gadsden. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 400 students on the rolls.
Gadsden City serves 4,940 students across 12 schools.
Federal enrollment data show W E Striplin Elementary School is 56% Black. Next come 31% Hispanic, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 15% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
W E Striplin Elementary School reported 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.7:1. Elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 339 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 85% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Etowah County averages 58%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, W E Striplin Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Alabama public elementary schools.
In Alabama, W E Striplin Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.0% actual against a predicted 22.4%.
In Etowah County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $54,563, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 42 public schools and about 15,139 students.
Gadsden Middle School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of W E Striplin Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, W E Striplin Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, W E Striplin Elementary School is City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 400, compared with 419 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 19.7:1, from 18.2:1.
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Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gadsden City
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Gadsden Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Sansom Middle SchoolMiddle · 339 students
Other schools in Gadsden
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Gadsden Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Gaston High SchoolHigh · 380 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Gadsden Middle School0.1 mi · 438
- Etowah County Special Education Learning Center0.5 mi · 1
- Donehoo Elementary School1.7 mi · 225
- Gadsden City High School1.8 mi · 1,361
- Sansom Middle School1.9 mi · 339
- Floyd Elementary School1.9 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About W E Striplin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W E Striplin Elementary School?
W E Striplin Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does W E Striplin Elementary School serve?
W E Striplin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at W E Striplin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at W E Striplin Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is W E Striplin Elementary School?
W E Striplin Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 31% Hispanic, 56% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is W E Striplin Elementary School in?
W E Striplin Elementary School is part of Gadsden City.
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