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Underwood Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4725 Highway 157
Florence, AL 35633
Phone
(256) 764-8939
District
Lauderdale County
County
LAUDERDALE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
325
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.3% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Underwood Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
48%
63%
53%
37%
43%
50%
48%
63%
53%
37%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
70%
45%
74%
54%
65%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
45%
45%
56%
37%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
40%
63%
50%
27%
31%
45%
40%
63%
50%
27%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
16
17
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 28 8.6%
Kindergarten 53 16.3%
Grade 1 46 14.2%
Grade 2 44 13.5%
Grade 3 40 12.3%
Grade 4 36 11.1%
Grade 5 41 12.6%
Grade 6 37 11.4%
Total 325 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.5% 93.9% 53.8%
Black 2.5% 3.0% 32.8%
Hispanic 0.0% 2.3% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.5% 57.2% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 47.7% 48.4% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.8% 8.8% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 53,548 5,108,468
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 83.5 101
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.6% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 21.8% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 21,217 1,969,105
Single Parent Households With Children 4.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.0% 88.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.3% 27.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.4% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.6% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 16.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 13.5%
$15,000 or less 7.5% 11.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,392 $51,651,000 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $685 $5,536,000 5.8%
Staff $228 $1,840,000 1.9%
General Administration $343 $2,770,000 2.9%
School Administration $593 $4,791,000 5.0%
Operation $695 $5,617,000 5.9%
Transportation $484 $3,907,000 4.1%
Other $135 $1,091,000 1.1%
Total Support $3,162 $25,552,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,294 $18,537,000 19.4%
Total Expenditures $11,849 $95,740,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,200 $4,655,842,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $587,926,000 6.5%
Staff $452 $339,107,000 3.7%
General Administration $257 $193,007,000 2.1%
School Administration $647 $485,591,000 5.3%
Operation $1,010 $758,603,000 8.3%
Transportation $503 $377,902,000 4.2%
Other $272 $204,126,000 2.2%
Total Support $3,924 $2,946,262,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,976 $1,483,801,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $12,100 $9,085,905,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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