Schools in Zip Code 36322

ZIP code 36322 in Daleville, Alabama, is served by three public schools within the Daleville City district, enrolling a combined 1,156 students across grades PK-12 on a centralized campus. The district ranks in the bottom 18% of Alabama districts, and all three schools face significant academic challenges, though there are notable differences in performance and trends worth understanding.

A M Windham Elementary School is the relative bright spot, with its 4th grade English proficiency (56.19%) nearly matching the state average (59.53%). However, its math scores remain low, and its state ranking has slipped from the 42nd to the 24th percentile over two years. Daleville Middle School shows the most concerning pattern: math proficiency collapses as students advance, dropping from 18.67% in 5th grade to just 7.69% in 7th grade. Interestingly, 8th grade science proficiency (48.75%) dramatically outperforms 8th grade math (11.25%), suggesting stronger science instruction or different assessment dynamics. Daleville High School presents a paradox: only 11.84% of 11th graders are proficient in math and 15.49% in English, yet the school maintains an 89.8% graduation rate—close to the state average. This gap likely reflects credit recovery programs or curriculum misalignment with state assessments.

Chronic absenteeism is a major issue at the high school, where 20.1% of students are chronically absent—58% higher than the middle school rate. All three schools serve predominantly economically disadvantaged populations, with free/reduced lunch rates between 68.3% and 75.5%. Year-over-year test scores swing dramatically (e.g., 5th grade math fell 49% in one year), suggesting instability in instruction or assessment rather than pure student ability changes. While the district trails state averages across nearly every subject, Windham Elementary's near-state-average English performance proves the student population can achieve higher, offering a potential path forward for targeted interventions in later grades.