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Thurston T Nelson Elementary School

Serves grades PK - KG

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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
202 Ida Moody Rd
Scottsboro, AL 35769
Phone
(256) 218-2600
District
SCOTTSBORO CITY
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
269
Classroom Teachers
18

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Thurston T Nelson Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
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36%
No Data
45%
No Data
27%
    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
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 72 26.8%
Kindergarten 197 73.2%
Total 269 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.3% 80.5% 54.3%
Black 7.5% 7.0% 32.9%
Hispanic 8.2% 10.4% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.6% 1.0% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.9% 46.3% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 32.3% 38.1% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.6% 8.2% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,446 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 272.3 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 21.5% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,241 1,915,979
Single Parent Households With Children 10.4% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.3% 87.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.6% 26.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.0% 10.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.0% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.0% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.1% 15.4%
$15,000 or less 17.1% 12.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,837 $14,376,531 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $2,152,662 7.6%
Staff $287 $706,881 2.5%
General Administration $385 $948,255 3.3%
School Administration $567 $1,396,521 4.9%
Operation $1,130 $2,783,190 9.8%
Transportation $508 $1,251,204 4.4%
Other $276 $679,788 2.4%
Total Support $4,027 $9,918,501 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,702 $4,192,026 14.7%
Total Expenditures $11,566 $28,487,058 100.0%
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%