Stapleton School, Stapleton AL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Stapleton School

Stapleton School serves children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the unincorporated community of Stapleton, in northern Baldwin County. It is a regular public school in the Baldwin County district and it is not a charter school. The school is small and draws from a rural, residential area that has been growing rapidly in recent years. A notable number of its students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which signals a community with a range of economic circumstances.

The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races and a modest representation of Hispanic, Black, and American Indian students. The school provides no data on the share of students with Individualized Education Programs or English learners, which leaves their support structures in those areas unclear.

State testing from the most recent school year shows a split picture by subject. In English language arts, Stapleton students performed at a level that would broadly be considered strong, with rates of proficiency that were comfortable in the upper grades and quite high in the final tested grade. The math results tell a different story. While the youngest tested grade posted a high proficiency rate, the other grades declined noticeably, with the share of students meeting the bar dropping as the grades advanced. Science testing is only administered in grade four, and that cohort produced a result that would give a parent a reason to look into the school’s science instruction further. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school’s overall proficiency sits below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Baldwin County. Because this is the first year of data available, there is no trend to assess whether these results represent a change.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. It also does not have data on chronic absenteeism or discipline. A parent may want to ask the school about those student experience metrics directly.

The community itself shapes the school experience. Stapleton is an unincorporated place with no traditional downtown. The school building functions as the local civic anchor, hosting an annual bluegrass festival every fall. The housing market has been tight, with a low vacancy rate and home values that have risen in line with the county’s coastal market. Families are almost entirely car-dependent; the main routes are U.S. Highway 31 and State Route 59. Students who leave Stapleton after sixth grade continue into Bay Minette for middle and high school, which means the elementary campus is the only school in the community itself.

The district, Baldwin County, is a large county-wide system, and no recent parent-relevant changes, such as boundary shifts or program launches, were found in publicly reported sources.

For a parent trying to decide if Stapleton School fits, what stands out is the combination of a small, community-anchored early-grades setting with an academic profile that is strong in reading but uneven in math and science. The school may appeal most to families who value a close-knit rural school where their child stays through sixth grade before moving to a larger middle school. The high housing demand in the area suggests that competition for homes near the school may be a practical challenge. The missing data on special education and English learner services is a gap worth raising directly with the principal.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 49% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 46% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 41% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 44% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 72% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 68% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 74% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 690%

School 90% · District 70% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 53% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

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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.