Flomaton Elementary School, Flomaton AL

Original Research by School Decision on Flomaton Elementary School

Flomaton Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the small, rural railroad-junction town of Flomaton on the Alabama-Florida border. The town itself is low-density, with a historic downtown anchored by the Flomaton Area Railroad Museum and the Jackson Theatre, but the built environment is oriented around highway corridors and rail infrastructure rather than pedestrian-scale street life. The local economy is shaped by timber and natural-resource extraction, educational services and health care, manufacturing, and public administration. The population has been stable to slightly declining over recent years, and median household income in the area is modest. The school is the sole elementary campus within the Escambia County district for this part of the county.

Academically, Flomaton Elementary’s state assessment results from the 2024–25 Alabama ACAP tests show a mixed but generally solid picture. In English language arts, the school performed well across the tested grades of three, four, and five, with the strongest results in third and fifth grade. Math results were more uneven: third graders posted a strong proficiency rate, while fourth and fifth graders were at lower levels. Science, tested only in fourth grade, fell in the middle range. When combined across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the districts in Escambia County. Because this is a single year of data, there is no trend to examine yet. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.

The student body enrolls several hundred children, with a majority of students identifying as white, a smaller share as Black, and a notable presence of American Indian or Alaska Native students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source records, so a parent with a child in those categories may want to follow up directly with the school about supports.

The Escambia County district has no recent major policy, curriculum, or tax changes reported in public sources that would directly affect a family’s decision at the elementary level. The school itself is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and operates under the county school system. There is no information about course offerings or extracurricular programs in the data provided.

For a family considering Flomaton Elementary, the academic picture is one where early literacy stands out as a strength, while math and science proficiency in the upper elementary grades is more moderate and worth a closer look. The town’s small size and rural character mean that housing is relatively affordable compared to national benchmarks, and the school is a central institution in the community. A parent moving into the area should expect a school that generally meets state expectations in core subjects, with some variation by grade and subject, and should inquire about specific programs or supports that matter to their child.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 384%

School 84% · District 46% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 32% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 25% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 66% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 54% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 64% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median

Science

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 29% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

This schoolEscambia 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-income84%Higher-income92%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income84%Higher-income87%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income54%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income60%16 pp gap