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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the West Morgan Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN COUNTY·NCES 010248000212
West Morgan Elementary School
571 Old Hwy 24, Trinity, AL 35673 · (256) 350-8818 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
367 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
West Morgan Elementary School→West Morgan Middle School
Based on grade levels within Morgan County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
59.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 West Morgan Elementary School
West Morgan Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Morgan Elementary School this school | 512 | 71.7% | 61.4% |
| Douglas Elementary School Douglas | 521 | 73.1% | 41.4% |
| Corley Elementary School Boaz | 429 | 71.6% | 45.5% |
| Susan Moore Elementary School Blountsville | 582 | 68.0% | 55.4% |
| Athens Elementary School Athens | 474 | 67.5% | 49.0% |
| Boaz Intermediate School Boaz | 361 | 68.7% | 54.8% |
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 West Morgan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #162 of 626 | #8 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #111 of 626 | #7 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #321 of 626 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #276 of 709 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #131 of 655 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #140 of 658 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #193 of 696 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #247 of 364 | #7 of 11 |
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
512
-68 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 512 | 33.3 | 15.4:1 | 72% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 72% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 69% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 57% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 66% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 67% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 60% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 37% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Morgan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (552 to 512); teachers down 2% (34 to 33.3).
About West Morgan Elementary School
West Morgan Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Trinity, Alabama. It had 512 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 3.
In Morgan County, 16 schools enroll a combined 7,619 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at West Morgan Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Morgan County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Its staff includes 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. West Morgan Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Morgan County, the school's rate is higher.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, West Morgan Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Alabama. Predicted: 31.9%. Actual: 61.4%.
Morgan County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $68,845, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morgan County's 46 public schools enroll about 20,204 students and include West Morgan Elementary School.
West Morgan High School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, West Morgan Elementary School is 1st among 7 schools close by.
West Morgan Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 12% over 4 years, reaching 512 in 2024-25.
West Morgan Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morgan County
- Albert P Brewer High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Priceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
- West Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- DanvilleNeel Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Priceville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 483 students
Other schools in Trinity
- East Lawrence Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- West Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- West Morgan High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- East Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 409 students
- East Lawrence High SchoolHigh · 408 students
- Lawrence County DevelopmentalHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- West Morgan High School0.9 mi · 476
- West Morgan Middle School1.1 mi · 561
- Julian Harris Elementary School2.2 mi · 349
- Austin High School2.4 mi · 999
- Woodmeade Elementary School3.1 mi · 361
- Career Academies of Decatur3.5 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About West Morgan Elementary SchoolHow large is West Morgan Elementary School?
West Morgan Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does West Morgan Elementary School serve?
West Morgan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many teachers does West Morgan Elementary School have?
West Morgan Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Morgan Elementary School?
At West Morgan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is West Morgan Elementary School public or private?
West Morgan Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.