Elementary · Alabama
GoldsmithSchiffman Elementary
GoldsmithSchiffman Elementary, a public elementary school in Big Cove, Alabama: grades pre-k–5, 935 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Huntsville City.
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
- 935
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.6
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 468 · 702 schools compared
Larger than 98% 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%84%proficient
−0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared
448 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%62%proficient
+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared
447 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
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–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Town near a city
- Run by
- Huntsville City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Huntsville City.
Location
- Address
- 1210 Taylor Road, Big Cove, AL 35763
- Phone
- (256)428-7150
- City or town
- Huntsville
- County
- Madison County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 711 | 18.1 | 92% | 76% | |
Mountain Gap Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 341 | 17.2 | 86% | 75% |
| Pre-K–4 | 338 | 18.8 | 68% | 57% | |
Challenger Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 491 | 17.5 | 67% | 40% |
Weatherly Heights Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 472 | 15.7 | 74% | 47% |
Farley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 334 | 17.8 | 68% | 50% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
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.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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