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Clark Elementary School

Public Grades K-6

680^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Clark Elementary School is a small K-6 school in Selma, AL, serving 113 students within the Selma City district, where nearly all students (97%) come from economically disadvantaged households.

Clark Elementary faces significant challenges, most notably with attendance. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.9% is dramatically higher than nearby Payne Elementary School (4.4%), which serves a nearly identical student population just half a mile away. This attendance gap is critical because it directly impacts learning. Academic performance has been volatile, with test scores swinging wildly from year to year—3rd grade math plummeted from 53% proficiency to just 6% in one year. This instability is partly due to the very small class sizes, where the performance of just a few students can dramatically shift percentages. While the school's student-teacher ratio of 14:1 is better than many nearby schools, outcomes remain low, suggesting that poverty and absenteeism are bigger factors than class size alone.

There are bright spots worth noting. The 2024-2025 school year showed what Clark can achieve when students attend regularly: 3rd grade English proficiency reached 60%, exceeding the district average, and 6th grade English hit 52.6%. English/Language Arts is consistently a relative strength compared to math, which needs significant attention. The school also spends a comparable amount per student ($10,376) as other local schools, yet gets weaker results than schools like Valley Grande Elementary School, which spends less. The most promising path forward appears to be a focused effort on improving attendance, which could help stabilize performance and build on the demonstrated potential from the 2024-2025 school year.

113

Students ?

14.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,376

Per pupil spending ?

97.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

405 Lawrence St
Selma, AL 36703

(334) 874-1630

District: Selma City

Students who attend Clark Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	School Of Discovery Genesis Center
	The RBHudson STEAM Academy
High:	Selma High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

92.9%

White:

3.5%

Hispanic:

1.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 7th percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (13% vs 51% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school13%

District avg25%

Alabama avg51%

680^th of 686

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 6 pts since 2016

From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5Elementary Schools in the Selma City

123^rd of 139Selma 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	5.0	680 of 686	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.7	524 of 680	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	661 of 684	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	646 of 680	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	586 of 687	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	681 of 692	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	611 of 681	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	634 of 680	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	17.2	581 of 688	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	10.0	641 of 691	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.0	633 of 691	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	3.4	695 of 695	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	42.5	497 of 696	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	52.2	408 of 696	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	61.3	306 of 709	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	53.9	370 of 704	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.9	549 of 696	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	28.5	583 of 698	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	32.8	550 of 698	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	45.5	410 of 689	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	48.5	385 of 688	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	26.0	501 of 623	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	420 of 429	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	38.1	264 of 427	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.0	402 of 420	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	397 of 427	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	314 of 426	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.2	415 of 426	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	327 of 426	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.2	366 of 423	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	37.4	208 of 336	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	581 of 649	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	593 of 650	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	596 of 645	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	564 of 656	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.7	632 of 656	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	549 of 646	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.7	593 of 640	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	20.2	530 of 639	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	7.5	660 of 668	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	29.9	481 of 660	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	646 of 670	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	555 of 623	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	537 of 651	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	638 of 653	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.0	593 of 649	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	624 of 651	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	21.7	465 of 567	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	6.5	651 of 660	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	631 of 655	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	617 of 649	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	568 of 669	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	662 of 669	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	605 of 650	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	613 of 650	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	16.1	556 of 639	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)10th percentile-12 vs school

African American (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2026)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English21%-42 vs state

Science11%-39 vs state

Mathematics5%-35 vs state

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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	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
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
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%)	17.2	578^th of 686 public elementary schools	15.7%		17.5	563^rd of 680 public elementary schools	17.2%	15	50.0	13.0	33.3	7.7	8.7	38.9	29.2	33.3	23.1	$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%)	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
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%)	7.4	668^th of 686 public elementary schools	2.6%		10	638^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.2%	30	9.5	8.9	9.5	10.5	15.6	35.9	26.7	28.6	31.0	$9,321	$1,918	$7,396
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%)	33.3	472^nd of 686 public elementary schools	31.2%		28.3	487^th of 680 public elementary schools	28.4%	15	40.9	41.7	10.3	26.5	38.9	53.3	56.8	27.6	49.0	$10,109	$1,741	$8,361
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%)	10.8	637^th of 686 public elementary schools	7.1%		10.6	632^nd of 680 public elementary schools	7.1%	5	16.1	15.4	12.9		30.8	29.0	38.5	25.8		$10,642	$2,130	$8,491
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%)	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
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%)								(n/a)										$9,288	$2,089	$7,177
Valley Grande Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2765 Dallas County Road 81	Valley Grande	36701	Dallas County	Dallas County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 872-7661	353	17	20.7	77.1%	103 (29.2%)	207 (58.6%)	12 (3.4%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	27.8	502^nd of 686 public elementary schools	26.8%		28.2	491^st of 680 public elementary schools	27.8%	11	43.1	21.6	9.4		25.5	69.0	43.1	50.9		$8,689	$1,547	$7,121
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%)	15.9	586^th of 686 public elementary schools	14.6%		23.5	517^th of 680 public elementary schools	24.0%	69	50.0	9.1	10.5		22.7	38.9	31.8	26.3		$11,997	$2,121	$9,854

Frequently Asked Questions about Clark Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Clark Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : School Of Discovery Genesis Center
Middle : The RBHudson STEAM Academy
High : Selma High School

What is the racial makeup of Clark Elementary School?

Students at Clark Elementary School are 93% African American, 4% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Is Clark Elementary School a good school?

Clark Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.9% of Alabama elementary schools.

How many students attend Clark Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 113 students attended Clark Elementary School.

What district is Clark Elementary School in?

Selma City

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