The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Science. The lowest is 62% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Memorial Park Elementary School
Memorial Park Elementary is a regular public school in Jasper, Alabama, serving only second and third grade. That narrow grade band means the school functions as a transitional step in a sequence: students move here after T.R. Simmons Elementary and go on to Maddox Intermediate. Because the school does not serve high school grades, it has no graduation rate to report, and its state testing data covers only the third-grade year.
On the Alabama ACAP assessment for the most recent school year, Memorial Park’s third graders posted a proficiency rate in English language arts that was clearly higher than the school’s math result. The math proficiency rate, while lower, still placed the school’s overall performance across tested subjects in the top quartile when compared with other districts in Walker County. That top-quartile position should be read in context: the county has only two districts to compare, so the spread is narrow. Still, the school’s combined proficiency index was above the midpoint of that small cohort, suggesting that its third graders are performing competitively within the local landscape. The state testing data from earlier years is not comparable because the assessment changed, so a trend line cannot be drawn.
The school enrolls several hundred students. Demographically, the student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic share and a smaller but notable Black population. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker that aligns with the economic conditions in the surrounding community. Jasper, the county seat of Walker County, has a stable population but has faced retail decline and a weakened downtown commercial core. The median household income in the area is below national figures, and housing values are markedly lower than both the state and national benchmarks. For families moving to the area, the cost of housing is relatively low, and the community offers access to civic amenities like municipal parks, a public library, and nearby lakes and national forest land.
Memorial Park is part of the Jasper City district, for which no recent major changes were identified in publicly available sources. The school itself has no charter or magnet designation, and no Title I status was reported in the data provided. Staffing ratios, attendance figures, and discipline records were not available, so a parent would need to contact the school directly for those details. The school’s programs and course access offerings also were not detailed in the available records.
For a family with a child in second or third grade, Memorial Park Elementary offers a focused elementary setting in a district where grade levels are split across multiple buildings. The academic results show a relative strength in English language arts compared to math at the third-grade level, and the school’s performance stands at the higher end of the small Walker County district set. The community context is one of modest economic means, and the school serves a student population that reflects that reality. A parent may want to ask the school about its math instruction approach and about any enrichment or intervention programs, as those details were not part of the data reviewed here.
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