Daniel Pratt Elementary School, Prattville AL

Original Research by School Decision on Daniel Pratt Elementary School

Daniel Pratt Elementary School serves first through sixth grade in Prattville, a mid-sized Alabama city that blends a historic mill-town downtown with suburban residential growth and highway-oriented retail. The school is part of the Autauga County district, which is a notable anchor employer in the area. The district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes in recent years, so this account focuses on what the school itself offers and what its performance data show.

The school's enrollment is substantial for an elementary serving this grade band, and its student body is diverse. Just over half the students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The racial and ethnic makeup is predominantly white, with a significant Black student population, followed by smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not reported, creating a gap a parent may want to explore directly with the school.

Academically, the picture is mixed and varies notably by subject and grade level. On the state's ACAP assessments for the most recent year, reading performance is a clear strength. Across grades three through six, a solid majority of students met proficiency benchmarks, with the strongest showing in third and fifth grades. This pattern points to a school that is generally effective in developing literacy skills.

Math results tell a more uneven story. Third graders posted a strong proficiency rate, but performance dropped sharply in fourth grade and remained around the mid-range through sixth grade. The gap between third-grade math and later grades is large enough that a family focused on math achievement would want to understand what drives the change. Fourth-grade science results, which are the only science data available, sit around the midpoint.

Because this is a single year of data, there is no trend to compare. The absence of prior-year results means no judgment about improvement or decline is possible from the state tests alone. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate.

Prattville itself is a growing community. It is a commuter city within easy reach of Montgomery and has seen residential development, the conversion of a historic factory into apartments, and a major shopping center. Housing values and rents in the area are above the state typical level but below the national typical level, reflecting the Montgomery metro's moderate cost of living. The city's historic downtown, parks along Autauga Creek, and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail are local anchors.

For a family, Daniel Pratt Elementary offers a large, diverse elementary school where reading proficiency is generally solid across the elementary years. The math scores, especially after third grade, are softer and deserve a closer look from a parent weighing academic fit. The school sits within a district that did not have any notable recent changes publicly reported, and the broader Prattville context is one of steady suburban growth, a mix of historic and new development, and a car-dependent layout that concentrates daily life around highway corridors and school campuses.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 56% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 48% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 39% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 72% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 66% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 76% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 70% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Science

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 48% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median

This schoolAutauga County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income63%Higher-income84%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income78%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income81%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income83%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income62%Higher-income84%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income57%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income67%30 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income62%32 pp gap