Elementary · Alabama

Fruithurst Elementary School

Free meals for all

Fruithurst Elementary School, a public elementary school in Fruithurst, Alabama: grades pre-k–6, 226 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cleburne County.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
226
Teachers (FTE)
16.5
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 90% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 468 · 702 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Alabama: 60%

64%proficient

+11.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared

33 students tested, grades 4 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Alabama: 35%

54%proficient

−7.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Alabama

Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared

59 students tested, grades 4, 6 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cleburne County.

Location

Address
222 School St, Fruithurst, AL 36262
Phone
(256)579-2232
City or town
Fruithurst

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
3–540313.7
Tallapoosa Primary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–248713.6
Pre-K–439115.4
Pre-K–453015.6
Buchanan Primary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–247613.6
Buchanan Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
3–537712.2

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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