Fleeta School, Opp AL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Fleeta School

Fleeta School sits in rural Covington County, outside the city of Opp, and serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a regular public school within the Covington County school system, not a charter or magnet. The student body is small and predominantly white, with a very small Asian population and even fewer Hispanic students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which positions the school as serving a low-income community.

What a parent will notice first about the academic picture is the unevenness across grade levels and subjects. In reading, third graders performed at a high level, but fourth graders showed much lower results. By fifth and sixth grade, reading proficiency settled into a middle range, with seventh graders again rising. This pattern of sharp variation from one grade to the next is unusual and worth a conversation with the school. In mathematics, every tested grade from third through seventh landed at lower levels of proficiency, with the lowest results in seventh grade. Eighth-grade test results for reading, math, and science were suppressed in the data, so no information is available for that grade. Science was tested only in fourth grade and also came in low. When looking across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s combined proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Covington County. There is only one year of data available, so a trend cannot be assessed.

The school serves a rural area with limited walkability and a car-dependent layout. The broader town of Opp has a traditional downtown district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but it is a small, low-density city with modest population growth. The local economy has shifted away from its historical manufacturing base, and housing values are well below both the state and national benchmarks. The district itself did not have any parent-relevant changes noted in publicly reported records, so a reader should not assume recent policy or leadership shifts.

Because Fleeta School stops at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not offer high school pathways such as Advanced Placement or career-technical programs. No information was available on discipline, staffing, attendance, or course access. A parent considering this school for the full K-8 span will want to ask how the school plans for elementary and middle school students differently, since a single K-8 campus serves a wide age range.

The school’s rural setting and small size may appeal to families seeking a close-knit environment, but the academic results show a clear soft spot, particularly in mathematics across all tested grades and in the sharp fluctuations in reading from one grade to the next. A parent may want to investigate what instructional supports are in place and how the school addresses students who are not meeting proficiency benchmarks. The data alone does not explain the variability, and the suppressed eighth-grade results leave a gap that the school would need to clarify directly. For a family weighing this school against others in Covington County, the proficiency picture is weaker than the county median, and that context matters for anyone deciding based on academic performance.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 45% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 26% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 631%

School 31% · District 45% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 30% · ▼ 13 pts below district

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 391%

School 91% · District 76% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 67% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 69% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 65% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 66% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 56% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

This schoolCovington 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.