Elberta Elementary School, Elberta AL

Original Research by School Decision on Elberta Elementary School

Elberta Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the small, rural town of Elberta, in southern Baldwin County, Alabama. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and sits within the Baldwin County school system. With an enrollment that places it among the larger elementary schools in the area for its grade span, the school draws primarily from the town itself and the surrounding agricultural and residential landscape along US Route 98.

The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and a smaller number of students who identify as two or more races. A substantial majority of families qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating a community with significant economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not provided, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the supports available.

Academically, Elberta Elementary shows a clear split between subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rates are strong across grades three through six, with the highest results in the upper grades. This is a genuine strength and suggests that literacy instruction and reading comprehension are areas where the school is delivering solid results. In mathematics, performance is more uneven; some grades reach a comfortable middle range, while others fall well below it. Science, assessed only in fourth grade, also lands on the lower side. The overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades, when combined into a single index, places the school below the midpoint relative to the handful of districts within Baldwin County. A parent considering the school may want to ask how the school approaches math instruction, especially at the grade levels where results are weaker, and what supports are in place for students who are not yet meeting the benchmark.

Because the school serves only through sixth grade, it has no graduation rate to report. There is no information available on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course access for the tested grades. The state testing data comes from a single year, so there is no trend to examine. The school’s special populations data was also absent from the available record, a gap that a prospective family should fill through direct inquiry.

Elberta itself is a small town with a distinctive German farming heritage, founded by immigrants and known for its annual German Sausage Festival. It sits in Baldwin County, one of the fastest-growing counties in Alabama, and the recent opening of a new high school in town reflects that growth. The housing market in the ZIP code that includes Elberta has seen a slight decline in home values over the past year, though values remain above the state average. The typical mortgage payment is moderate relative to national benchmarks, and renting is more affordable than buying by a noticeable margin. The town is car-oriented, with limited street life outside of festival weekends. Civic anchors include a town park, a veterans memorial, and the Baldwin County Heritage Museum. No major employers were identified in publicly available searches.

For a family, Elberta Elementary offers a strong reading program in a setting that is both small-town and growing. The math and science results are areas to investigate further. The school has no high school grades, so a parent will need to plan for the transition to Elberta High School or another option within the Baldwin County system. The community is one where the school is a central institution, the town is rooted in a cultural tradition, and the broader county is experiencing population growth that may bring gradual change to the area.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 49% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 46% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 41% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 44% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 72% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 68% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 74% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 680%

School 80% · District 70% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Science

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 53% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

This schoolBaldwin 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-income67%Higher-income78%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income80%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income80%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income72%Higher-income85%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income62%27 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income49%Higher-income68%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income49%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income61%22 pp gap