The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Dadeville Elementary School
Dadeville Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Tallapoosa County district. The school sits in the county seat of Dadeville, a small town in east-central Alabama on Lake Martin. The town has seen a modest population decline over recent decades, and its economy draws on recreation from the lake, a local industrial park, some manufacturing, and government employment from the county courthouse. Housing values in the area have been rising at a pace that slightly outruns the national average, a pattern familiar in lake-adjacent markets. Families coming into Dadeville from outside will find a compact town where the elementary school is close to the downtown core, not on a remote campus.
The student body is split roughly evenly between White students and Black students, with a small share identifying as two or more races and a very small number of Asian or Hispanic students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special-education enrollment and English-learner status were not available for this school, so a parent should ask the district directly about those services.
On the Alabama ACAP assessments, Dadeville Elementary shows a split pattern across subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rates are solid, with students in third and fifth grades reaching a level that would be considered strong by state standards. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency is markedly lower. In math, the picture is softer across all three tested grades, with proficiency rates landing in a range that a prospective parent may want to discuss further with the school. Science, tested in grade four only, shows the lowest proficiency rate of any tested subject and grade. When compared against other schools in Tallapoosa County, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint of the two districts in the county. There is only a single year of assessment data available, so no trend direction can be established.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, which means there is no graduation rate to report and no course-access data for high-school-level offerings. Because this is an elementary school, the academic picture is about early foundations in reading, writing, math, and introductory science, not about advanced placement or career pathways.
The parent district is Tallapoosa County Schools, which also operates Dadeville High School for grades seven through twelve. No district-level changes such as new curricula, boundary shifts, or tax referendums surfaced in publicly available research, so this narrative cannot speak to any recent district developments. A parent moving to the area may want to contact the district office directly for information on any upcoming changes.
Dadeville Elementary sits in a community that is small, slow-growth, and anchored by the lake and the historic courthouse square. For a family that wants a school where early literacy appears as a relative strength and where the math and science scores prompt closer conversation with the staff, this is a school to investigate in person. The student population reflects the town’s demographics, and the economic context is one where housing is rising in value but the town’s population base is not expanding. The school’s academic profile is uneven by grade and subject, which is typical of many elementary schools, and the single year of data means a parent cannot yet see whether these scores are improving.
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