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JacksonSteele Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

529^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

JacksonSteele Elementary School in Hayneville, AL, serves approximately 114 students from Pre-K through 5th grade in the Lowndes County school district, a small, high-poverty community where about 75% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The most exciting news for parents is the school's remarkable turnaround. After ranking in the bottom 1% of Alabama schools in 2021, JacksonSteele has climbed steadily to the 23rd percentile. A huge driver of this success is a dramatic improvement in attendance—chronic absenteeism dropped from 27.5% to just 11.7% in two years, which is now better than the state average. This focus on showing up has paid off, especially in 5th grade. In 2024-2025, an incredible 86% of 5th graders scored proficient in English, far outpacing the district average (47%) and even beating the state average (67%). This strong upper-grade performance is a consistent pattern, with 5th graders also scoring nearly three times better in math than the district average. The school also invests more per student ($14,946) than many nearby schools, which appears to be yielding results.

Compared to Central Elementary School, the other school in the same district, JacksonSteele is a clear standout. It has a much lower student-to-teacher ratio (16:1 vs. 25:1), half the chronic absenteeism, and significantly higher 5th-grade English proficiency (65% vs. 38%). While math remains a challenge—with proficiency rates well below state averages in lower grades—the school's consistent upward trend and exceptional literacy outcomes in upper grades suggest that students who stay at JacksonSteele benefit from effective, cumulative instruction. For parents, this is a school that is clearly moving in the right direction, with a proven ability to help its students succeed despite broader challenges.

114

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,946

Per pupil spending ?

74.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

570 Freedom Rd
Hayneville, AL 36040

(334) 872-0758

District: Lowndes County

Students who attend JacksonSteele Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:

Hayneville Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

93.9%

White:

4.4%

Two or more races:

1.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 35th percentile in 2024 → 23rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (37% vs 53% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 35th-percentile peak (2024) to 23rd (2026)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school37%

District avg36%

Alabama avg53%

529^th of 686

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 11 pts since 2016

From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Elementary Schools in the Lowndes County

126^th of 140Lowndes 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
2026	23.4	529 of 686	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.4	451 of 680	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.4	445 of 684	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.9	478 of 680	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.8	665 of 687	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	688 of 692	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	515 of 681	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.7	611 of 680	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.4	588 of 688	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.5	608 of 691	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.1	537 of 691	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.9	550 of 695	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	45.2	480 of 696	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	41.2	496 of 696	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.0	547 of 709	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	28.5	583 of 704	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.6	644 of 696	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.1	679 of 698	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	4.2	686 of 698	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	11.7	668 of 689	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.2	668 of 688	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	19.3	545 of 623	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	34.1	285 of 428	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.0	179 of 427	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.8	114 of 420	72.9%	★★★★☆
2023	59.9	126 of 427	70.5%	★★★★☆
2022	18.3	400 of 426	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	425 of 426	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.4	212 of 426	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	31.2	319 of 423	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	48.2	156 of 336	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	36.0	434 of 650	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.6	465 of 645	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.9	448 of 646	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	14.2	570 of 640	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.1	605 of 639	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	28.8	496 of 667	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	40.0	410 of 660	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.0	402 of 670	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	381 of 623	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	11.6	627 of 651	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.3	648 of 653	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	501 of 649	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	589 of 651	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	33.8	408 of 567	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	43.6	386 of 655	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.0	468 of 649	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	642 of 669	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.9	668 of 669	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	546 of 650	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	564 of 650	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.0	601 of 639	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Male (2024)41st percentile+6 vs school

African American (2026)33rd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2024)33rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)26th percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English56%-9 vs state

Mathematics18%-24 vs state

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by a citizen
Thursday, August 14, 2014

This school is phenomenal. Teaching and learning is taking place each day. The school is welcoming from the front office throughout the building. I am delighted to be in this school when visiting. The atmosphere of the school is like no other educational institute. I must say that the principal, teachers, and support workers are going above and beyond to educate these African American Students. 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 (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 (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 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
JacksonSteele Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	570 Freedom Rd	Hayneville	36040	Lowndes County	Lowndes County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 872-0758	114	7	16.2	74.6%	5 (4.4%)	107 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	23.4	529^th of 686 public elementary schools	22.9%		35.4	451^st of 680 public elementary schools	33.7%	78	23.5		11.8			47.1		64.7		$14,946	$3,336	$11,569
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	141 Main St	Hayneville	36040	Lowndes County	Lowndes County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 563-7319	200	8	25.0	82.5%	2 (1.0%)	196 (98.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.8	625^th of 686 public elementary schools	8.9%		11.2	626^th of 680 public elementary schools	7.9%	1	16.7	26.1	12.5		25.0	33.3	33.3	37.5		$12,290	$2,893	$9,357
Catoma Elementary School	Public	K-5	1780 Mitchell Young Rd	Montgomery	36108	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 288-5799	216	14	16.0	76.9%	18 (8.3%)	56 (25.9%)	138 (63.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	19.1	563^rd of 686 public elementary schools	17.9%		5.4	671^st of 680 public elementary schools	1.3%	108	24.4	33.3	7.4		41.7	15.9	43.5	40.7		$10,393	$2,075	$8,267
Southside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3104 Old Montgomery Hwy	Selma	36701	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%)	9.3	648^th of 686 public elementary schools	5.5%					(n/a)	14.0	10.9	11.4		19.6	42.0	32.6	40.0		$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%)	10.9	636^th of 686 public elementary schools	7.3%		10.6	632^nd of 680 public elementary schools	7.1%	4	16.1	15.4	12.9		30.8	29.0	38.5	25.8		$10,642	$2,130	$8,491
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%)	15.4	590^th of 686 public elementary schools	14.0%		13.5	603^rd of 680 public elementary schools	11.3%	13	8.5	24.4	0.0	25.0	19.5	36.2	26.8	55.2	41.7	$13,079	$3,106	$9,965
Prattville Kindergarten School	Public	PK-K	123 ABC Street	Prattville	36066	Autauga County	Autauga County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 361-3890	408	26	15.6	50.2%	199 (48.8%)	137 (33.6%)	37 (9.1%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.4%)								(n/a)										$9,643	$1,074	$8,566
Prattville Primary School	Public	1-2	216 Wetumpka St	Prattville	36067	Autauga County	Autauga County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 365-6277	544	40	13.6	55.0%	254 (46.7%)	183 (33.6%)	49 (9.0%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (9.4%)								(n/a)										$8,620	$1,118	$7,498
Prattville Elementary School	Public	3-4	134 Patrick St	Prattville	36067	Autauga County	Autauga County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 361-3885	546	29	18.8	54.8%	291 (53.3%)	176 (32.2%)	37 (6.8%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.2%)	58.7	282^nd of 686 public elementary schools	58.9%		58.9	286^th of 680 public elementary schools	57.9%	4	45.4	49.3			54.3	60.2	65.2			$8,327	$1,432	$6,892
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%)	5	680^th of 686 public elementary schools	0.9%		22.7	524^th of 680 public elementary schools	22.9%	156	5.6	11.1	0.0	4.2	11.1	11.1	22.2	16.7	33.3	$10,376	$2,448	$7,920

Frequently Asked Questions about JacksonSteele Elementary School

Is JacksonSteele Elementary School a good school?

JacksonSteele Elementary School ranks in the bottom 22.9% of Alabama elementary schools.

What district is JacksonSteele Elementary School in?

Lowndes County

What is the racial makeup of JacksonSteele Elementary School?

Students at JacksonSteele Elementary School are 94% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of JacksonSteele Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : Hayneville Middle School

How many students attend JacksonSteele Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 114 students attended JacksonSteele Elementary School.

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