The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the town of Evergreen, the county seat of Conecuh County in south-central Alabama. The school is part of the Conecuh County district, and it is a regular public school.
The town itself is small and rural, situated along Interstate 65 roughly midway between Montgomery and Mobile. The Conecuh Sausage Company stands as a leading employer, and the community’s identity is shaped by outdoor recreation and annual festivals like the Collard Green Festival and Sausage Day Festival. Evergreen has been experiencing population decline, a pattern that has continued for some time. Housing values in the area are well below the state and national benchmarks, and home prices have recently dropped, making the market notably more affordable than much of Alabama. The town’s built environment is low-density, and daily street life is oriented around civic events rather than a bustling pedestrian core. Reid State Technical College is also located in Evergreen, and the Conecuh County Board of Education oversees the public schools.
State testing data from the Alabama ACAP assessment provides a clear picture of academic performance for grades three through five. In English language arts, proficiency rates fell as students advanced: the highest rate was in third grade, where roughly half of students met the proficiency bar, while fourth and fifth grade rates were lower, with around one-third of fifth graders proficient. In math, the pattern was steeper. Third grade showed proficiency well under half, and by fifth grade, the share of proficient students dropped to about one in six. Science, tested in fourth grade only, showed roughly one in five students at proficiency. A parent should know that these results reflect a single year of testing; the school does not yet have a multi-year trend line for comparison. Overall, the proportion of students meeting state standards is modest, and a family considering the school may want to ask about the specific instructional supports in place, particularly in math and in the upper elementary grades.
The student body is predominantly Black, making up a large majority of enrollment. Hispanic students are the next largest group, with a much smaller number of white students and a small share of students identifying as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-poverty context. Data on the share of students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source material, so a parent should ask the school directly about its special education and language support services.
As an elementary school serving only grades PK through five, there is no high school graduation rate to report. This is simply a function of the grade band the school serves, not an absent metric. The school is not a charter or magnet. No information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or staffing levels was available in the provided data, so a parent interested in those areas would need to gather that information from the school or district directly.
The district operates several schools in the town, including Thurgood Marshall Middle School and Hillcrest High School, so a family whose child starts at Evergreen Elementary can expect a clear feeder pathway within the same district. The district brief turned up no recent major changes or initiatives that were publicly reported in a lasting way.
Evergreen Elementary is a small, rural school where most families have low household income and student performance on state assessments is generally below state averages. The school offers the anchor of a stable elementary experience in a town that is economically modest and slowly shrinking. A family drawn to a small-town setting, a close-knit school community, and the affordability of the local housing market will find that fit here. A family looking for high academic proficiency rates or a wide array of enrichment programs will want to learn more about the school’s specific classroom strategies and available resources before making a decision.
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