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Salem Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

517^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Salem Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Orrville, Alabama, with an enrollment of 153 students. The school is part of the Dallas County School District, which is ranked 121 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the additional funding of $11,997 per student, which is higher than some nearby schools, Salem Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the state and Dallas County averages on standardized tests. For example, in 2024-2025, only 13.64% of 3rd graders were proficient in math, compared to 19.86% in Dallas County and 45.47% statewide. The school also faces significant challenges related to high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 33.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

While the nearby schools in the Dallas County and Selma City districts also struggle academically, with low test scores and high rates of poverty, some schools like Meadowview Elementary and Payne Elementary perform slightly better than Salem Elementary on certain metrics. Additionally, Salem Elementary's African American students perform better relative to their peers statewide, ranking in the top half of Alabama schools for this subgroup.

155

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,997

Per pupil spending ?

78.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3486 Dallas Road 3
Orrville, AL 36767-2532

(334) 996-8636

District: Dallas County

Students who attend Salem Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Keith MiddleHigh School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

94.8%

Hispanic:

2.6%

White:

1.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (31% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (22% vs 12% Alabama)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg27%

Alabama avg52%

517^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Elementary Schools in the Dallas County

121^st of 135Dallas 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	517 of 680	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.3	464 of 684	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.3	455 of 680	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	11.0	633 of 687	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.1	574 of 692	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.4	583 of 681	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	622 of 680	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.3	647 of 688	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	18.1	581 of 691	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	11.1	642 of 691	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	6.6	684 of 695	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	7.7	684 of 696	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	38.8	255 of 427	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.7	131 of 420	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.9	191 of 427	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.2	359 of 426	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.1	263 of 426	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.1	297 of 426	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.7	347 of 423	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.9	310 of 336	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	450 of 649	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.6	478 of 650	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.1	429 of 645	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	9.8	626 of 656	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	528 of 656	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	565 of 646	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.2	572 of 640	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	9.3	614 of 639	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	487 of 660	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.1	394 of 670	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.8	380 of 623	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	14.8	588 of 651	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	565 of 653	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	538 of 649	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	595 of 651	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.9	535 of 567	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2023	21.2	509 of 649	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	510 of 669	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	513 of 669	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	597 of 650	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	576 of 650	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.6	596 of 639	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)40th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile~ school

Male (2023)22nd percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English47%-17 vs state

Mathematics22%-20 vs state

Science12%-31 vs state

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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
Salem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3486 Dallas Road 3	Orrville	36767	Dallas County	Dallas County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 996-8636	155	9	17.2	78.1%	2 (1.3%)	147 (94.8%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	23.5	517^th of 680 public elementary schools	24.0%		34.3	464^th of 684 public elementary schools	32.2%	53	13.6	23.5	29.4		11.8	59.1	17.7	64.7		$11,997	$2,121	$9,854
Meadowview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1816 Orrville Rd	Selma	36701	Dallas County	Selma City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-1655	334	17	19.7	76.3%	17 (5.1%)	300 (89.8%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	28.3	487^th of 680 public elementary schools	28.4%		35	462^nd of 684 public elementary schools	32.5%	25	35.9	11.8	40.0	32.5	14.7	56.4	26.5	55.1	42.5	$10,109	$1,741	$8,361
ABC Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3000 County Road 29	Alberta	36720	Wilcox County	Wilcox County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 573-2550	103	7	14.7	80.6%	0 (0.0%)	99 (96.1%)	4 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.7	601^st of 680 public elementary schools	11.6%		10.9	631^st of 684 public elementary schools	7.7%	30	33.3		14.3	7.1		50.0		14.3	21.4	$15,352	$3,419	$11,904
Edgewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	709 Highland Ave	Selma	36701	Dallas County	Selma City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-1640	402	22	18.3	88.6%	3 (0.7%)	385 (95.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	10	638^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.2%		9.9	647^th of 684 public elementary schools	5.4%	9	9.8	13.3	11.1	9.3	22.2	31.4	33.3	48.2	14.0	$9,321	$1,918	$7,396
Clark Elementary School	Public	K-6	405 Lawrence St	Selma	36703	Dallas County	Selma City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-1630	113	8	14.1	97.3%	4 (3.5%)	105 (92.9%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	22.7	524^th of 680 public elementary schools	22.9%		7.8	661^st of 684 public elementary schools	3.4%	137	53.3	14.3	8.7	10.5	0.0	60.0	21.4	43.5	52.6	$10,376	$2,448	$7,920
Payne Elementary School	Public	K-6	1529 N Franklin St	Selma	36703	Dallas County	Selma City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-1660	164	10	16.4	96.3%	0 (0.0%)	163 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	17.5	563^rd of 680 public elementary schools	17.2%		21.3	540^th of 684 public elementary schools	21.1%	23	20.7	30.8	18.8	12.9	23.1	44.8	38.5	43.8	32.3	$10,444	$2,016	$8,420
Sophia P Kingston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2224 Selma Ave	Selma	36703	Dallas County	Selma City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-1635	305	13	23.4	76.7%	2 (0.7%)	292 (95.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	13.5	603^rd of 680 public elementary schools	11.3%		14.4	585^th of 684 public elementary schools	14.5%	18	28.6	6.1	30.8	6.3	0.0	52.4	24.2	38.5	25.0	$13,079	$3,106	$9,965
Bruce K Craig Elementary School	Public	3-5	Building 108 Craig Ind Park	Selma	36701	Dallas County	Dallas County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 875-7937	151	8	18.8	80.8%	3 (2.0%)	140 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)	8.9	646^th of 680 public elementary schools	5.0%		5.4	677^th of 684 public elementary schools	1.0%	31	13.3	10.5	13.5		0.0	46.7	36.8	23.1		$9,288	$2,089	$7,177
Southside Primary School	Public	K-2	3104 Old Montgomery Hwy	Selma	36703	Dallas County	Dallas County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-9566	147	8	18.3	87.8%	2 (1.4%)	137 (93.2%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)								(n/a)										$11,494	$2,250	$9,221
Brantley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5585 Water Ave	Selma	36703	Dallas County	Dallas County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 874-8185	204	10	20.4	86.8%	27 (13.2%)	155 (76.0%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.8%)	10.6	632^nd of 680 public elementary schools	7.1%		10.7	636^th of 684 public elementary schools	7.0%	4	17.9	6.9	6.7	7.7	17.2	35.7	17.2	40.0	46.2	$10,642	$2,130	$8,491

Frequently Asked Questions about Salem Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Salem Elementary School?

Students at Salem Elementary School are 95% African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Salem Elementary School in?

Dallas County

Is Salem Elementary School a good school?

Salem Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.0% of Alabama elementary schools.

How many students attend Salem Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 155 students attended Salem Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Salem Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Salem Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Keith MiddleHigh School

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