Blountsville Elementary School, Blountsville AL

Original Research by School Decision on Blountsville Elementary School

Blountsville Elementary School is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through sixth grade in the central part of its namesake town in Blount County, Alabama. The school sits in the middle of a small, low-density rural community that sits along a highway corridor between Huntsville and Birmingham. Manufacturing anchors the local economy, and the town has seen modest, slow population growth. Blountsville Elementary and the town’s only high school are located near each other in the town center, making the school a geographically accessible part of daily life. The Blount County district recently opened a new career technical center, which students can access when they reach the secondary level, giving elementary families a tangible future pathway to career-focused education.

The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority and very small shares of other racial and ethnic groups. A large proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating a high-poverty school environment. Information on special education and English learner populations was not reported in the available data, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports. The raw enrollment size is moderate for an elementary school in this grade span.

On state assessments from the 2024–25 school year, the school’s performance presents a split picture. In English language arts, results are a clear strength: proficiency rates are solid across grades three through six, with the third-grade cohort performing particularly well. That suggests the school’s early literacy instruction is effective, and students generally meet grade-level expectations in reading and writing. Math results are weaker. Proficiency rates in grades three, four, and five hover around a quarter of students, though sixth grade shows a notably stronger outcome. Science is tested only in fourth grade, where roughly a third of students met proficiency. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quarter compared with other districts in Blount County. The school’s math performance is an area a family should investigate further with the school’s administration, especially to understand what interventions and supports are available for students who are not yet meeting benchmarks. Only one year of assessment data is available, so trends are not yet visible.

Housing in the school’s immediate area has a median value below the statewide and national figures, and prices have seen a slight recent decline, contributing to an affordability profile that is favorable for homebuyers. Rents are also relatively low compared with mortgage costs, making renting a practical option. The community’s economic base is mixed but leans heavily on manufacturing, with education, health care, and retail trade also present as significant sectors.

The school itself is a standard elementary building integrated into the town center, not a separate campus. The town has a historical park and a waterpark that draw visitors, but lacks a dedicated public library or documented pedestrian infrastructure. For families who want a small-town, rural setting with affordable housing and a school that is physically central to the community, Blountsville Elementary fits that description. The academic data points to a school where reading and writing are strong and where math requires closer attention, and the district’s new career technical center signals an investment in post-secondary options that may matter to families planning past elementary grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 54% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 47% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 38% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 45% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 79% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 70% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 71% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 62% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Science

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 53% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

This schoolBlount 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 4Lower-income40%Higher-income65%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income51%Higher-income69%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income16%Higher-income45%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income16%Higher-income37%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income31%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income57%27 pp gap