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W E Striplin Elementary School

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W E Striplin Elementary School ranks 475 th of 686 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

475^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 31% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

W E Striplin Elementary School is a K-5 school in Gadsden, AL, serving 400 students as part of the Gadsden City school district, where a large majority of families (about 85%) qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The most exciting news is that W E Striplin is on a clear upward path. After years of ranking in the bottom quarter of Alabama elementary schools, the school jumped to the 31st percentile in the most recent data—its best showing in a decade. This improvement is broad-based: 5th grade English proficiency soared from 45% to 63%, now beating the district average, and 3rd grade math also improved. The school is particularly strong with its African American students, who rank in the 65th percentile statewide—a remarkable achievement. Male students also showed big gains. When you compare W E Striplin to nearby schools like Adams Elementary School, Thompson Elementary School, or Floyd Elementary School—all of which rank in the bottom 10th percentile—W E Striplin is clearly outperforming its closest peers.

However, there is one major concern: math. While 3rd and 4th graders score near or above district averages in math, 5th grade math proficiency drops to just 15.5%—less than half the district average and far below the state average. This is a dramatic drop-off that suggests a challenge as students advance. The school also faces the reality of high poverty, which correlates with lower test scores overall. Still, the recent momentum is real, and chronic absenteeism has improved from nearly 19% to 11.6%, now better than the district and state averages. For parents, W E Striplin offers a school that is clearly working hard and making progress, though you may want to pay extra attention to math support as your child approaches 5th grade.

400

Students ?

19.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,380

Per pupil spending ?

84.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

600 Cleveland Ave
Gadsden, AL 35901-4154

(256) 546-8616

District: Gadsden City

Students who attend W E Striplin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Gadsden Middle School
High:	Gadsden City High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.5%

Hispanic:

30.5%

White:

9.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 25th percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (41% vs 53% meeting standards)

!English scores 15 pts below the Alabama average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school41%

District avg44%

Alabama avg53%

475^th of 686

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 6 pts since 2016

From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 8Elementary Schools in the Gadsden City

91^st of 140Gadsden City 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
2026	32.5	475 of 686	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	21.4	532 of 680	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	525 of 684	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	537 of 680	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	605 of 687	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	601 of 692	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.4	550 of 681	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	526 of 680	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.0	577 of 688	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.0	518 of 691	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	36.1	460 of 691	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	36.0	472 of 695	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	39.9	515 of 696	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	15.7	650 of 696	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	19.5	646 of 709	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	23.0	618 of 704	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.9	632 of 696	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	37.0	509 of 698	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	15.6	649 of 698	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	32.2	541 of 689	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	43.0	444 of 688	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	39.4	410 of 623	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	56.8	151 of 428	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	38.9	254 of 427	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.7	282 of 420	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	238 of 427	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.7	344 of 426	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.6	310 of 426	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	53.4	166 of 426	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.9	196 of 423	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2017	33.3	227 of 336	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	39.0	88 of 143	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	59.9	43 of 142	69.7%	★★★★☆
2024	55.8	44 of 131	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	26.0	104 of 123	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	88 of 110	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	75 of 100	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	46 of 74	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.1	20 of 65	69.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	22.9	510 of 651	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.1	534 of 649	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	513 of 650	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.9	470 of 645	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	537 of 656	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.8	568 of 656	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	590 of 646	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	574 of 640	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.4	568 of 639	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	148 of 206	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.4	132 of 196	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.9	149 of 184	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	167 of 175	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	153 of 164	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	126 of 152	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.0	109 of 140	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.8	112 of 130	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	37.5	441 of 667	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.5	496 of 660	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	500 of 670	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	466 of 623	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	558 of 651	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	558 of 653	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	480 of 649	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.5	469 of 651	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	43.8	385 of 659	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	25.4	487 of 651	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	500 of 655	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	537 of 649	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.6	618 of 669	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.6	558 of 669	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.3	453 of 650	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.7	436 of 650	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	22.4	508 of 639	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	24.8	153 of 193	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	24 of 53	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.9	35 of 59	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.4	45 of 57	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	60 of 65	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	57 of 63	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	44 of 58	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2021	21.0	358 of 398	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	259 of 344	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2022	23.5	458 of 540	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)65th percentile+34 vs school

Native American (2025)55th percentile+33 vs school

Male (2026)42nd percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)38th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2026)22nd percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)21st percentile-10 vs school

White (2022)15th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2021)10th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English49%-15 vs state

Science40%-10 vs state

Mathematics33%-9 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, May 28, 2022

Racial bullying lice theft disrespectful teacher and principal. Even the bus driver kept dropping her off wrong stop! blamed me & my 8 year old..Anything could have happened to my daughter, had to drive down the road to find her, she was in tears & scared.I’m not perfect but if you address any problems they are very rude & can never take blame when at fault! Just feels unprofessional & unsafe! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Summative Assessment Science (2026)	Summative Assessment English (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
W E Striplin Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 Cleveland Ave	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-8616	400	20	19.7	84.8%	37 (9.3%)	222 (55.5%)	122 (30.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	32.5	475^th of 686 public elementary schools	30.8%		21.4	532^nd of 680 public elementary schools	21.8%	57	41.5	41.5	15.5	40.0	45.1	40.0	63.2	$11,380	$3,936	$7,434
Therapeutic Academic Program	Public	1-5	201 College St	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 549-2961																			(n/a)
Donehoo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1109 E Broad St	Gadsden	35903	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-3604	225	12	18.3	73.3%	20 (8.9%)	158 (70.2%)	40 (17.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	65.1	237^th of 686 public elementary schools	65.5%		50.7	349^th of 680 public elementary schools	48.7%	112	60.0	50.0	48.5	39.3	85.7	60.7	69.7	$13,961	$4,688	$9,263
Floyd Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Black Creek Rd	Gadsden	35904	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-0836	384	16	23.8	82.0%	71 (18.5%)	164 (42.7%)	129 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	9.5	644^th of 686 public elementary schools	6.1%		10.7	631^st of 680 public elementary schools	7.2%	13	20.3	9.8	7.8	21.6	44.9	23.5	40.6	$11,621	$3,814	$7,798
Mitchell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 Noccalula Rd	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 546-2711	262	18	14.8	59.2%	163 (62.2%)	50 (19.1%)	26 (9.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.6%)	70.9	190^th of 686 public elementary schools	72.3%		71.4	184^th of 680 public elementary schools	72.9%	6	47.7	58.5	37.5	58.5	75.0	70.7	84.4	$13,575	$3,010	$10,554
Eura Brown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1231 Alcott Rd	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 546-0011	340	21	16.0	32.6%	238 (70.0%)	59 (17.4%)	18 (5.3%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	93.6	27^th of 686 public elementary schools	96.1%		93	31^st of 680 public elementary schools	95.4%	4	84.8	69.4	70.0	72.6	100.0	90.2	88.0	$12,993	$2,351	$10,631
Adams Elementary School	Public	K-5	919 Raley St	Gadsden	35903	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 492-4952	433	23	18.6	90.8%	61 (14.1%)	196 (45.3%)	160 (37.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	11.7	627^th of 686 public elementary schools	8.6%		9.7	641^st of 680 public elementary schools	5.7%	14	11.0	14.9	21.4	28.4	33.7	34.3	39.3	$16,038	$7,445	$8,582
Walnut Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 Walnut St	Gadsden	35904	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-4665	218	13	16.4	78.9%	116 (53.2%)	55 (25.2%)	41 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	44.2	403^rd of 686 public elementary schools	41.3%		39.5	426^th of 680 public elementary schools	37.4%	23	11.6	44.0	26.9	56.0	41.9	72.0	69.2	$16,688	$6,101	$10,576
Thompson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	236 Goldenrod Ave	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-7011	288	14	20.2	81.3%	50 (17.4%)	179 (62.2%)	40 (13.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	11.8	626^th of 686 public elementary schools	8.7%		16.5	572^nd of 680 public elementary schools	15.9%	54	14.0	4.9	20.0	22.0	34.9	31.7	53.3	$15,442	$5,426	$10,006
John S Jones Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Lumley Rd	Rainbow City	35906	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 442-2900	745	46	16.1	53.7%	527 (70.7%)	101 (13.6%)	37 (5.0%)	24 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.2%)	74.9	156^th of 686 public elementary schools	77.3%		86.7	74^th of 680 public elementary schools	89.1%	82	45.7	58.8	71.8	66.7	69.5	69.0	78.6	$10,197	$2,144	$8,053

Frequently Asked Questions about W E Striplin Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of W E Striplin Elementary School?

Students at W E Striplin Elementary School are 56% African American, 31% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% Two or more races.

What district is W E Striplin Elementary School in?

Gadsden City

Is W E Striplin Elementary School a good school?

W E Striplin Elementary School ranks 475^th of 686 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of W E Striplin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend W E Striplin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gadsden Middle School
High : Gadsden City High School

How many students attend W E Striplin Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 400 students attended W E Striplin Elementary School.

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