Childersburg Elementary School, Childersburg AL

Original Research by School Decision on Childersburg Elementary School

Childersburg Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and is part of the Talladega County school system. The school is located in Childersburg, a small city in southwest Talladega County positioned along the Coosa River. The local economy is mixed, with manufacturing, retail trade, educational services and health care, and arts and recreation being the leading sectors, and the town promotes itself as the oldest continuously occupied settlement in America. Housing in the area is more affordable than both the state and national benchmarks, and the community has experienced a slight population decline in recent decades.

The school’s enrollment skews heavily toward economic need, with a very substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is majority Black, with a white population making up most of the remainder, and smaller shares of Hispanic and other races. This is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet school. Data on the share of students with disabilities or English learners was not reported.

The most detailed picture of the school’s academic performance comes from Alabama’s state assessments, which were administered in the most recent school year for which results are available. In English language arts, the school’s proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grades were all above the midpoint for the school, with the third grade rate being particularly strong. Mathematics performance was softer across all grade levels, with the fifth-grade rate being the most challenging. Science results, tested in fourth grade only, also showed a low proficiency rate. Taking the school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades together, the school’s average stood above the county median, placing it in the top quartile relative to districts in Talladega County. A parent looking for a school where math and science proficiency is a clear strength may want to look into this further with the school.

Data on chronic absenteeism was not available, and because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No specific program offerings, such as gifted and talented or specialized interventions, were listed in the data, and information on staffing and discipline was also absent. The district brief did not surface any recent, parent-relevant changes to the school system.

For a family considering this school, the combination of a high-poverty student body and academic results that are stronger in reading than in math and science is the central academic profile. The school is one of two elementary schools serving the small city of Childersburg, which has a low-density, highway-oriented layout and a handful of historic and recreational anchors such as the Coosa River, a nearby lake, and a historic grist mill. The housing market is relatively affordable compared to larger markets, which may be a draw for families. The district is the county-wide system, and no major new initiatives or boundary changes were identified from publicly reported information.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 33% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 39% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 36% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 67% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 66% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 74% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 40% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

This schoolTalladega 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.