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Garrett Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

615^th

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of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Garrett Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 575 students in grades PK-5 in Montgomery, Alabama, which is part of the Montgomery County School District. Despite being located in Montgomery, Garrett Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Alabama elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 425-650 out of around 680-690 schools.

Garrett Elementary struggles across a variety of key metrics, including significantly underperforming the Montgomery County and Alabama state averages on test scores, with only 9.78% of 3rd graders proficient in math compared to 28.05% in the county and 45.47% statewide. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.4% to 28.5% over the past few years, well above the state average. Additionally, Garrett Elementary serves a high percentage (around 68%) of economically disadvantaged students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

When comparing Garrett Elementary to nearby schools in the Montgomery County district, it consistently performs worse on test scores and other key metrics. For example, Halcyon Elementary, which is only about 3 miles away, outperforms Garrett Elementary by a wide margin, with 34.12% of 3rd graders proficient in math compared to just 9.78% at Garrett. Garrett Elementary's performance has remained stagnant or even declined over the past 10 years, suggesting the school is struggling to make meaningful improvements for its students.

592

Students ?

19.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,221

Per pupil spending ?

70.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

555 McLemore Drive
Montgomery, AL 36117

(334) 260-1090

District: Montgomery County

Students who attend Garrett Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Carr Middle School
High:	Park Crossing High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

90.2%

Hispanic:

3.9%

Two or more races:

3.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (26% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg34%

Alabama avg52%

615^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 29 pts since 2015

From bottom 38% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 29Elementary Schools in the Montgomery County

109^th of 135Montgomery 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	12.7	615 of 680	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	620 of 684	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	610 of 680	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	598 of 687	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.1	573 of 692	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	529 of 681	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.7	564 of 680	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	28.2	509 of 688	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	37.6	447 of 691	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	39.6	425 of 691	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	38.1	464 of 695	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	36.5	540 of 696	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.7	538 of 696	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	42.1	507 of 709	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	45.2	469 of 704	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	45.3	431 of 696	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	50.9	373 of 698	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	58.7	311 of 698	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	44.7	422 of 689	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	58.0	286 of 688	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2004	53.5	304 of 623	51.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	342 of 427	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	359 of 420	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	349 of 427	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	326 of 426	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.1	293 of 426	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.2	226 of 426	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.1	264 of 423	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	579 of 649	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	565 of 650	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	573 of 645	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	560 of 656	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	567 of 656	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	524 of 646	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.3	538 of 640	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.6	514 of 639	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	595 of 660	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	615 of 670	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	545 of 623	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	549 of 651	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.2	545 of 653	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.3	468 of 649	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	568 of 651	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	36.5	391 of 567	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	592 of 651	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	623 of 655	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	590 of 649	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.6	619 of 669	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	522 of 669	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	515 of 650	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.7	529 of 650	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.3	437 of 639	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2024	20.6	344 of 395	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	317 of 373	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.5	333 of 398	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	293 of 392	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)20th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2024)13th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English39%-25 vs state

Science21%-22 vs state

Mathematics15%-27 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent on FaceBook
Sunday, March 20, 2011

My son is now going to the second grade and has been there since kindergarden.He loves it as just as well as I do, and he has thrived very well there.He has had a speech problem and the teachers and I have been working together as a team to help him.He has since improved greatly! Close Quote

Schools Near Garrett Elementary School

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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 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
Garrett Elementary School	Public	K-5	555 McLemore Drive	Montgomery	36117	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1090	592	31	19.0	70.4%	11 (1.9%)	534 (90.2%)	23 (3.9%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.0%)	12.7	615^th of 680 public elementary schools	9.6%		11.7	620^th of 684 public elementary schools	9.4%	5	9.8	18.8	15.6	20.8	34.8	42.0	41.7	$9,221	$1,808	$7,362
Wares Ferry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6425 Wares Ferry Rd	Montgomery	36117	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1036	361	19	19.0	67.6%	8 (2.2%)	336 (93.1%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	20	541^st of 680 public elementary schools	20.4%		18.3	561^st of 684 public elementary schools	18.0%	20	16.4	21.4	13.6	16.7	45.5	42.9	64.4	$8,442	$1,592	$6,800
Dozier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Eastern Blvd	Montgomery	36117	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1012	426	24	17.7	76.5%	4 (0.9%)	385 (90.4%)	15 (3.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	15.2	586^th of 680 public elementary schools	13.8%		9.7	650^th of 684 public elementary schools	5.0%	64	24.6	15.5	8.9	24.1	29.0	42.1	51.8	$8,333	$1,145	$7,137
Halcyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 Parkview Dr	Montgomery	36117	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 271-9000	694	35	19.8	62.5%	33 (4.8%)	559 (80.5%)	40 (5.8%)	34 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.0%)	31.6	469^th of 680 public elementary schools	31.0%		45.9	383^rd of 684 public elementary schools	44.0%	86	34.1	22.7	25.2	26.1	53.6	64.0	52.0	$8,675	$1,225	$7,399
Dalraida Elementary School	Public	K-5	440 Dalraida Rd	Montgomery	36109	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1007	711	35	20.3	74.5%	67 (9.4%)	470 (66.1%)	118 (16.6%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.5%)	25.8	507^th of 680 public elementary schools	25.4%		27.8	502^nd of 684 public elementary schools	26.6%	5	32.2	27.8	9.5	40.0	44.7	47.4	50.0	$8,822	$1,660	$7,111
LEAD Academy Building A	Public, Charter	PK, KG-3	2897 Eastern Blvd	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	LEAD Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(334) 451-3127	358	18	19.8	77.7%	5 (1.4%)	323 (90.2%)	19 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)								(n/a)	30.9				45.7
Vaughn Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4407 Vaughn Rd	Montgomery	36106	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1031	473	25	18.9	80.5%	7 (1.5%)	420 (88.8%)	22 (4.7%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	13.9	597^th of 680 public elementary schools	12.2%		13.9	588^th of 684 public elementary schools	14.0%	9	20.6	15.3	10.3	23.6	47.2	38.9	39.3	$10,215	$1,969	$8,194
Flowers Elementary School	Public	K-5	3510 Harrison Rd	Montgomery	36109	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1015	387	25	15.4	83.5%	30 (7.8%)	304 (78.6%)	32 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.4%)	17.8	561^st of 680 public elementary schools	17.5%		22.3	530^th of 684 public elementary schools	22.5%	31	26.7	26.7	22.0	25.4	32.0	39.7	40.7	$9,912	$1,876	$7,985
Morningview Elementary School	Public	K-5	2849 Pelzer Ave	Montgomery	36109	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 260-1028	434	26	16.6	78.6%	21 (4.8%)	264 (60.8%)	139 (32.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	7.1	665^th of 680 public elementary schools	2.2%		9.7	651^st of 684 public elementary schools	4.8%	14	16.2	11.8	6.3	17.7	26.8	28.1	32.3	$7,725	$1,429	$6,245
Brewbaker Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	4445 Brewbaker Dr	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 284-8005	651	44	14.7	73.1%	4 (0.6%)	488 (75.0%)	142 (21.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.2%)								(n/a)								$9,518	$1,723	$7,728

Frequently Asked Questions about Garrett Elementary School

Is Garrett Elementary School a good school?

Garrett Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.6% of Alabama elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Garrett Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : Carr Middle School
High : Park Crossing High School

What district is Garrett Elementary School in?

Montgomery County

What is the racial makeup of Garrett Elementary School?

Students at Garrett Elementary School are 90% African American, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% White.

How many students attend Garrett Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 592 students attended Garrett Elementary School.

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