Summary:
Zip code 36093 in Wetumpka, AL is served by two public schools within the Elmore County district, Redland Elementary School (grades PK-4) and Redland Middle School (grades 5-8), which together enroll 1,309 students and form a highly regarded feeder pattern.
Both schools are top performers, but they shine in different ways. Redland Elementary School is the academic powerhouse for early grades, consistently ranking in the top 20% of Alabama elementary schools. Its 3rd-grade English proficiency hit an extraordinary 90.48%, and math proficiency was a strong 70.75%. However, 4th-grade math drops to 48.32%, signaling a potential transition challenge. Redland Middle School excels at building on that foundation, with 5th-grade scores that are the highest in the entire middle school—75.38% in math and 86.92% in English. Yet the middle school faces a pronounced "math cliff": proficiency falls from 75.38% in 5th grade to just 30.95% in 7th grade, a steeper decline than the state average. English remains a universal strength across all grades at both schools, consistently outperforming math and science.
These schools also outperform their own district by wide margins—5th-grade math at Redland Middle School is nearly 39 points higher than the Elmore County average. Chronic absenteeism is low (9.8% at the elementary, 11.6% at the middle school), and student-teacher ratios are similar (19.7:1 and 18.9:1). With relatively low free/reduced lunch rates (25.89% and 36.27%), the student body enjoys socioeconomic advantages that provide important context for these impressive results. For parents, this is a cohesive, high-achieving pipeline where early literacy is exceptional, but math in later middle school grades deserves attention.
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