Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000850
Walnut Grove School
1961 Joe Quick Rd, New Market, AL 35761 · (256) 851-4690 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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
15.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
161 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
64.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
45.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 64 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Walnut Grove School
Walnut Grove School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove School this school | 303 | 53.1% | 52.4% |
| Guin Elementary School Guin | 308 | 52.9% | 78.4% |
| Chatom Elementary School Chatom | 313 | 50.8% | 54.6% |
| Rosinton School Robertsdale | 325 | 48.6% | 54.0% |
| Parkside Elementary School Baileyton | 379 | 54.6% | 46.1% |
| Oakman Elementary School Oakman | 356 | 55.9% | N/A |
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 Walnut Grove School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #279 of 626 | #28 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #244 of 626 | #26 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #305 of 626 | #31 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #565 of 709 | #46 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #175 of 655 | #11 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #399 of 658 | #45 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #443 of 696 | #15 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.7% | #54 of 262 | #5 of 17 |
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
303
+71 (+31%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 303 | 19.2 | 15.8:1 | 53% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 18.2 | 15.1:1 | 52% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 17.3 | 16.4:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 49% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 17.7 | 13.9:1 | 52% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 54% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 56% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 39% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Grove School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (245 to 303); teachers up 9% (17.7 to 19.2).
About Walnut Grove School
Walnut Grove School is a small elementary school with its address in New Market, Alabama. It teaches 303 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Alabama have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Madison County (28 schools, 20,691 students) runs Walnut Grove School.
The student body at Walnut Grove School is 76% White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% Native American. Madison County's residents are about 63% White, 13 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Walnut Grove School are from different groups.
The school had 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The school's 15.8:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for elementary schools in Alabama. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 53%. The 41% average for public schools in Madison County is 12 points lower.
Among Alabama public elementary schools, Walnut Grove School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Walnut Grove School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.4% is 7.1 points above the 45.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Madison County show that median household income comes to about $86,499, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 89, with about 55,800 students.
Moores Mill Intermediate School is the nearest public school to Walnut Grove School, about 3.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Walnut Grove School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Walnut Grove School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 303, from 232 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Other schools in New Market
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Buckhorn Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Moores Mill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 675 students
- New Market SchoolElementary · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Moores Mill Intermediate School3.1 mi · 675
- Lynn Fanning Elementary School3.9 mi · 618
- Hazel Green High School4.0 mi · 1,454
- Hazel Green Elementary School4.1 mi · 963
- New Market School4.8 mi · 426
- Meridianville Middle School5.5 mi · 1,100
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Grove SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Grove School?
Walnut Grove School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Walnut Grove School serve?
Walnut Grove School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Walnut Grove School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Walnut Grove School.
How diverse is Walnut Grove School?
Walnut Grove School reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Walnut Grove School?
Walnut Grove School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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