Summary:
Zip code 36322 (Daleville, Alabama) is served by a single elementary school, A M Windham Elementary School, which covers grades PK-4 within the Daleville City school district.
For families in this area, A M Windham Elementary School is the only option, making its performance especially important to the community. The school serves 507 students and has a high poverty rate, with 75.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Academically, the school is struggling, particularly in mathematics. In 2025-2026, only 19.1% of 3rd graders and 20.2% of 4th graders were proficient in math, compared to state averages of 44.9% and 42.1% respectively. This represents a sharp decline from the previous year, when math proficiency was around 33% for both grades. English performance is somewhat better, with 4th graders nearly matching the state average (56.2% vs. 59.5%), though 3rd graders lag by about 16 points. Science proficiency (32.7%) also trails the state by 17.5 points. The school's overall state ranking has fallen from the 42nd percentile to the 24th percentile over two years, placing it in the bottom quarter of Alabama elementary schools.
Several factors may be contributing to these challenges. The student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1 is high for an elementary school, and chronic absenteeism (13.8%) exceeds the state average of 12.0%. Per-student spending is modest at $8,742. On a positive note, 4th-grade English showed improvement year-over-year, suggesting some areas of relative strength. However, the dramatic declines in math and 3rd-grade English—drops of roughly 14 and 10 points respectively—are concerning and warrant attention from district leadership. With no alternative schools in the zip code, families are reliant on this single institution, making its academic trajectory a critical issue for the Daleville community.
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