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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 35905

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School

397

Students

Top rankedGlencoe Elementary School210^th of 680 Alabama elementary schools

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Summary:

The 35905 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Glencoe Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. While it is the only school in this specific geographic region, the data provides valuable insights into its performance, demographics, and operational metrics.

Glencoe Elementary School has a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, ranking 210 out of 680 Alabama elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance has fluctuated over the past few years, with a 4-star rating in 2022-2023 and a 3-star rating in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Academically, the school generally performs above the state average in English/Language Arts but slightly below the state average in Mathematics and Science.

With 396 students enrolled, Glencoe Elementary School has a relatively high free and reduced-price lunch rate of 60.1%, indicating a significant population of students from low-income families. The school's student-teacher ratio of 16.5 is slightly higher than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $8,375. Additionally, the school had a 14.8% chronic absenteeism rate in the 2023-2024 school year, a metric that warrants close monitoring.

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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 Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Glencoe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	207 N College St	Glencoe	35905	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 492-4709	397	25	15.8	42.6%	330 (83.1%)	23 (5.8%)	21 (5.3%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	68.6	210^th of 680 public elementary schools	69.1%		54.5	315^th of 684 public elementary schools	53.9%	105	50.0	43.4	46.1	78.2	76.0	$8,375	$1,152	$7,223

Cities Near Zip Code 35905

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Glencoe	1.68 mi	3	110^th
Hokes Bluff	3.38 mi	3	76^th
Gadsden	4.83 mi	19	223^rd
Jacksonville	6.92 mi	5	62^nd
Southside	7.22 mi	2	64^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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