Other · Alabama

Sylvania School

Free meals for all

Sylvania School, a public other school in Sylvania, Alabama: grades pre-k–12, 915 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of DeKalb County.

Size and class size

Compared with 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: 915
Teachers (FTE): 54.3
Students per teacher: 16.8
Grades: Pre-K–12; Other

More students per teacher than 53% of schools in Alabama

Median 16.7 · 74 schools compared

More students per teacher than 70% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 90% of schools in Alabama

Median 513 · 80 schools compared

Larger than 86% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 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%

55%proficient

+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 54% of schools in Alabama

Median 58% · 65 schools compared

371 students tested, grades 3–8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alabama: 35%

27%proficient

−7.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of schools in Alabama

Median 30% · 63 schools compared

372 students tested, grades 3–8 · 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: Other · Grades Pre-K–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: DeKalb County

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

Location

Address: 133 2nd Street N, Sylvania, AL 35988
Phone: (256)638-2030
City or town: Sylvania
County: DeKalb County

Website Quality of life in Sylvania Schools in Sylvania

Nearby schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Dekalb Annex SchoolSpecial education	K–12	—	—	—	—	5.2 mi
Plainview SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	1,167	15.7	76%	48%	5.7 mi
Pisgah High SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	598	18.7	64%	36%	8.3 mi
Fyffe High SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	954	16.6	71%	41%	9.4 mi
Section High SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	503	15.8	59%	39%	9.5 mi
Valley Head High SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	517	14.8	55%	33%	11.4 mi

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.

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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