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Best Public Schools in Shorter, AL

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111

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Top rankedDC Wolfe School578^th of 680 Alabama elementary schools

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Summary:

The city of Shorter, Alabama has only one public elementary school, the DC Wolfe School, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 125 students. The school is part of the Macon County school district.

The DC Wolfe School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Alabama elementary schools, receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger in the past two school years, indicating below-average performance. The school's student proficiency rates on standardized assessments are significantly lower than the Macon County and Alabama state averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 30.77% of 3rd-grade students at DC Wolfe School were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 21.95% in Macon County and 45.47% statewide.

The school faces significant challenges, including a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (94.4%) and an elevated chronic absenteeism rate (14.8%) in the 2023-2024 school year. Despite the relatively high per-student spending ($13,524 in 2018-2019) and low student-teacher ratio (13.8), the school's performance remains poor, suggesting the need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve educational outcomes for the students at DC Wolfe School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)				Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
DC Wolfe School	Public	PK, KG-6	4450 Cross Keys Rd	Shorter	36075	Macon County	Macon County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 727-1641	111	10	11.1	77.5%	1 (0.9%)	103 (92.8%)	6 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	15.8	578^th of 680 public elementary schools	15.0%		23.2	524^th of 684 public elementary schools	23.4%	54	30.8	5.9	16.7	5.0	17.7	53.9	23.5	58.3	20.0	$13,524	$3,219	$10,302

Cities Near Shorter

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pike Road	6.39 mi	4	31^st
Mount Meigs	7.81 mi	2
Montgomery	8.67 mi	54	260^th
Tallassee	9.01 mi	3	131^st
Wetumpka	10.32 mi	8	143^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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