Best Elementary Schools in Alabama for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Alabama State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alabama test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Summative Assessment test scores by the Alabama State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 623)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
010237002208	1	EicholdMertz School of Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2815 Government Street	Mobile	36606	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	Yes	No	No	(251) 221-1105	558	23	24.2	61.1%	161 (28.9%)	318 (57.0%)	21 (3.8%)	33 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	$8,951			$939			$8,002	99.8%	99.6%	0.28%
010123000443	2	Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology	Public	3-6	303 Rollins Avenue	Dothan	36301	Houston County	Dothan City	No	No	No	No	(334) 794-1440	451	21	21.4	46.3%	221 (49.0%)	160 (35.5%)	28 (6.2%)	25 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	14 (3.1%)	$10,963			$756			$9,970	99.7%	98.2%	1.44%
010018500952	3	Saraland Elementary School	Public	2-5	229 McKeough Ave	Saraland	36571	Mobile County	Saraland City	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 679-5739	934	51	18.3	24.7%	708 (75.8%)	116 (12.4%)	25 (2.7%)	9 (1.0%)	10 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (7.1%)	$8,262			$900			$7,348	99.5%	97.8%	1.72%
010162000555	4	Eura Brown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1231 Alcott Rd	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 546-0011	347	21	16.6	23.3%	239 (68.9%)	85 (24.5%)	8 (2.3%)	10 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$8,337			$710			$7,609	99.4%	98.5%	0.83%
010237000907	5	W H Council Traditional School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	751 Wilkinson St	Mobile	36603	Mobile County	Mobile County	No	Yes	No	No	(251) 221-1137	688	35	19.6	45.6%	142 (20.6%)	486 (70.6%)	8 (1.2%)	24 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.9%)	$8,876			$689			$8,176	99.2%	98.1%	1.11%
010117000431	6	Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School	Public, Magnet	3-5	801 Wilson St NW	Decatur	35601	Morgan County	Decatur City	No	Yes	No	No	(256) 552-3056	317	17	18.4	39.1%	158 (49.8%)	72 (22.7%)	52 (16.4%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.3%)								99.0%	95.3%	3.74%
010099000371	7	East Elementary School	Public	2-6	608 4th Ave SE	Cullman	35055	Cullman County	Cullman City	No	No	No	No	(256) 734-2232	606	29	20.8	14.4%	549 (90.6%)	6 (1.0%)	26 (4.3%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	$7,870			$886			$6,982	98.9%	97.2%	1.67%
010243001027	8	MacMillan International at McKee	Public, Magnet	K-5	4015 McInnis Road	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(334) 284-7137	380	21	18	55.5%	22 (5.8%)	332 (87.4%)	9 (2.4%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$8,108			$39			$8,018	98.7%	91.3%	7.39%
010243001014	9	Forest Avenue Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1700 W 5th St	Montgomery	36106	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	Yes	No	No	(334) 269-3673	642	38	16.8	17.3%	202 (31.5%)	164 (25.5%)	8 (1.2%)	246 (38.3%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.2%)	$7,213			$507			$6,655	98.6%	99.7%	1.15%
010303002085	10	Mt Laurel Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 Jefferson Place	Birmingham	35242	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-7230	501	28	17.8	10.2%	417 (83.2%)	36 (7.2%)	16 (3.2%)	19 (3.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$10,287			$806			$9,461	98.4%	98.8%	0.43%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Summative Assessment Mathematics, Summative Assessment English, Summative Assessment Science test scores released by the Alabama State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 1, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alabama State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alabama State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.