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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN CITY·NCES 010021000042
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School
807 Wrights Mill Rd, Auburn, AL 36830 · (334) 887-1990 · Lee County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Alabama public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
135 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 116 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
79.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
72.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Wrights Mill Road Elementary School
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Mill Road Elementary School this school | 388 | 34.8% | 74.7% |
| Highlands Elementary School Dothan | 501 | 38.7% | 54.5% |
| Farley Elementary School Huntsville | 334 | 28.7% | 58.5% |
| Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School Auburn | 396 | 36.6% | 73.1% |
| Shades Mountain Elementary School Hoover | 328 | 42.1% | 76.0% |
| Woodland Pines Elementary School Auburn | 348 | 36.2% | 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 Wrights Mill Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #54 of 626 | #1 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #38 of 626 | #1 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #108 of 626 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #462 of 709 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #59 of 655 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #175 of 658 | #19 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #619 of 696 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #130 of 364 | #4 of 14 |
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
388
0 (0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 388 | 26.8 | 14.5:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 35% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 20.1 | 19.8:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 35% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 30% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 30% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 27 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wrights Mill Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (463 to 388); teachers up 3% (26 to 26.8).
About Wrights Mill Road Elementary School
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is an elementary school in Auburn, Alabama, and it is part of Auburn City. It offers grades 3 through 5 and has 388 students enrolled.
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is one school in a 14-school district, Auburn City, which enrolls 9,488 students.
The share of White students at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is 61%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School are from different groups.
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School lists 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1. About 35% of students at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Lee County.
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Alabama public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wrights Mill Road Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 74.7% actual against 58.7% predicted.
For Lee County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $65,824, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 41 public schools and about 24,812 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Auburn Early Education Center, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wrights Mill Road Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 388, close to the 388 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.6:1 to 14.5:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,134
Census ACS
Median income
$65,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
24,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn City
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 2,227 students
- Auburn Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- East Samford SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Drake Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Ogletree Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Auburn Early Education CenterElementary · 492 students
Other schools in Auburn
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 2,227 students
- Auburn Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- East Samford SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Drake Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Ogletree Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Auburn Early Education CenterElementary · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Auburn Early Education Center0.3 mi · 492
- East Samford School0.6 mi · 733
- Auburn Junior High School0.7 mi · 1,491
- Dean Road Elementary School0.9 mi · 383
- Auburn High School1.8 mi · 2,227
- Ogletree Elementary School2.0 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Wrights Mill Road Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wrights Mill Road Elementary School?
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 03-05.
Is Wrights Mill Road Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Wrights Mill Road Elementary School have?
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wrights Mill Road Elementary School public or private?
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Auburn City.
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