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Choctaw County Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6
644th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Alabama elementary schools
Summary

Choctaw County Elementary is a public elementary school in Butler, Alabama, serving 304 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Choctaw County School District, which is ranked 119 out of 135 districts in the state.

Choctaw County Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of Alabama elementary schools, with a ranking between 528 and 644 out of 680-692 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state and county averages across all grade levels and subject areas, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates range from 0% to 16.67% compared to the state average of 33.97% to 45.47%. In English language arts, the school's proficiency rates, while slightly better, still lag behind the state averages. The school has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 75.33% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, the only nearby school in the same district, Southern Choctaw Elementary School, performs significantly better than Choctaw County Elementary across all subject areas and grade levels, with proficiency rates that are often double or triple those of Choctaw County Elementary. This significant performance gap suggests that factors beyond just district-level policies and resources may be at play in the academic struggles of Choctaw County Elementary.

295
Students ?
17.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,027
Per pupil spending ?
76.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 201 Tom Orr Drive
       Butler, AL  36904-2409

(205) 459-3520

District: Choctaw County


Students who attend Choctaw County Elementary usually attend:

High:    Choctaw County High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
91.9%
White:
6.8%
Hispanic:
1.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 13th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Alabama average (21% vs 50% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school21%
District avg27%
Alabama avg50%
644th of 680
Alabama public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Choctaw County
119th of 135Choctaw County among Alabama districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
20259.1644 of 6805.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.3572 of 68416.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.6528 of 68022.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.5549 of 68720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202116.5580 of 69216.2%★☆☆☆☆
201921.4544 of 68120.1%★☆☆☆☆
201832.5477 of 68029.9%★☆☆☆☆
201725.2529 of 68823.1%★☆☆☆☆
201623.4542 of 69121.6%★☆☆☆☆
201516.6598 of 69113.5%★☆☆☆☆
201420.0587 of 69515.5%★☆☆☆☆
201325.2618 of 69611.2%★☆☆☆☆
201217.2648 of 6966.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201126.7601 of 70915.2%★☆☆☆☆
201041.5506 of 70428.1%★☆☆☆☆
200926.9589 of 69615.4%★☆☆☆☆
200844.3433 of 69838.0%★★☆☆☆
200738.3494 of 69829.2%★☆☆☆☆
200638.4482 of 68930.0%★★☆☆☆
200518.4625 of 6889.2%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202522.4375 of 42712.2%★☆☆☆☆
202433.8287 of 42031.7%★★☆☆☆
202348.3196 of 42754.1%★★★☆☆
202238.9241 of 42643.4%★★☆☆☆
202133.1284 of 42633.3%★★☆☆☆
201945.9209 of 42650.9%★★★☆☆
201859.2134 of 42368.3%★★★☆☆
201748.2155 of 33653.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202516.4556 of 64914.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.9531 of 65018.3%★☆☆☆☆
202331.2452 of 64529.9%★★☆☆☆
202225.7486 of 65625.9%★☆☆☆☆
202121.1520 of 65620.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.6443 of 64631.4%★★☆☆☆
201841.8407 of 64036.4%★★☆☆☆
201726.4495 of 63922.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202511.1630 of 6604.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.7568 of 67015.2%★☆☆☆☆
202333.9425 of 62331.8%★★☆☆☆
202226.7498 of 65123.5%★☆☆☆☆
202118.4553 of 65315.3%★☆☆☆☆
201933.3461 of 64929.0%★☆☆☆☆
201840.7411 of 65136.9%★★☆☆☆
201737.3386 of 56731.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
20255.0648 of 6510.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.6576 of 65512.1%★☆☆☆☆
202315.8550 of 64915.3%★☆☆☆☆
202215.8564 of 66915.7%★☆☆☆☆
202115.8569 of 66914.9%★☆☆☆☆
201918.0556 of 65014.5%★☆☆☆☆
201829.0475 of 65026.9%★☆☆☆☆
201726.1483 of 63924.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
202419.1356 of 3959.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankAlabama percentileRating
201715.0341 of 3697.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Female (2025)14th percentile+9 vs school
African American (2025)12th percentile+7 vs school
Special Education (2024)10th percentile-7 vs school
White (2017)8th percentile-16 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)<1st percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?
English35%-27 vs state
Science15%-27 vs state
Mathematics7%-33 vs state

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Students who attend Choctaw County Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Choctaw County High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 295 students attended Choctaw County Elementary.

Choctaw County Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Alabama elementary schools.

Students at Choctaw County Elementary are 92% African American, 7% White, 1% Hispanic.


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