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L E Willson Elementary School

Serves grades 3 - 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2200 31st St
Sheffield, AL 35660
Phone
(256) 386-5730
District
SHEFFIELD CITY
County
COLBERT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
298
Classroom Teachers
21

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

5

(10 is best)

Better than 40.5% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

L E Willson Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
45%
43%
51%
14%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
41%
54%
52%
20%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
38%
22%
46%
28%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
37%
37%
45%
17%
29%
    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
15
15
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 74 24.8%
Grade 4 61 20.5%
Grade 5 75 25.2%
Grade 6 88 29.5%
Total 298 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 48.9% 53.9% 54.3%
Black 40.9% 38.5% 32.9%
Hispanic 9.5% 6.4% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.5% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 78.5% 73.1% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 72.1% 67.3% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.4% 5.8% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,305 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,433.7 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.0% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 22.2% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,202 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 10.0% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.8% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.8% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.2% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.9% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.7% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.4% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 21.9% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,588 $6,831,756 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $866 $898,042 6.7%
Staff $632 $655,384 4.9%
General Administration $679 $704,123 5.2%
School Administration $926 $960,262 7.1%
Operation $1,462 $1,516,094 11.3%
Transportation $114 $118,218 0.9%
Other $269 $278,953 2.1%
Total Support $4,947 $5,130,039 38.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,418 $1,470,466 10.9%
Total Expenditures $12,953 $13,432,261 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%