East Limestone High School
15641 East Limestone Rd
Athens AL, 35613, Limestone County
Phone: 256-233-6660
| Ranking: | High School:  (55 out of 359, top 15%)Elementary/Middle School:  (352 out of 1,064, top 33%)* |
Type: Regular Other School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12
School District: Limestone County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 72 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 59 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,248 | 1,279 | 1,259 | 1,244 | 1,204 | 1,170 | 1,106 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 162 | 13.0% | 181 | 14.2% | 177 | 14.1% | 170 | 13.7% | 164 | 13.6% | 179 | 15.3% | 172 | 15.6% |
| Grade 7: | 183 | 14.7% | 190 | 14.9% | 170 | 13.5% | 170 | 13.7% | 175 | 14.5% | 183 | 15.6% | 169 | 15.3% |
| Grade 8: | 193 | 15.5% | 170 | 13.3% | 174 | 13.8% | 181 | 14.5% | 189 | 15.7% | 174 | 14.9% | 171 | 15.5% |
| Grade 9: | 172 | 13.8% | 167 | 13.1% | 186 | 14.8% | 200 | 16.1% | 195 | 16.2% | 179 | 15.3% | 172 | 15.6% |
| Grade 10: | 171 | 13.7% | 181 | 14.2% | 194 | 15.4% | 194 | 15.6% | 168 | 14.0% | 156 | 13.3% | 157 | 14.2% |
| Grade 11: | 179 | 14.3% | 191 | 14.9% | 198 | 15.7% | 169 | 13.6% | 154 | 12.8% | 160 | 13.7% | 135 | 12.2% |
| Grade 12: | 188 | 15.1% | 199 | 15.6% | 160 | 12.7% | 160 | 12.9% | 159 | 13.2% | 139 | 11.9% | 130 | 11.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 633 | 50.7% | 644 | 50.4% | 644 | 51.2% | 642 | 51.6% | 611 | 50.7% | 598 | 51.1% | 577 | 52.2% |
| Female: | 615 | 49.3% | 635 | 49.6% | 615 | 48.8% | 602 | 48.4% | 584 | 48.5% | 564 | 48.2% | 525 | 47.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.6% | 6 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.5% | 8 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 36 | 2.9% | 37 | 2.9% | 40 | 3.2% | 37 | 3.0% | 34 | 2.8% | 38 | 3.2% | 39 | 3.5% |
| Black: | 197 | 15.8% | 215 | 16.8% | 210 | 16.7% | 221 | 17.8% | 217 | 18.0% | 202 | 17.3% | 186 | 16.8% |
| White: | 999 | 80.0% | 1,009 | 78.9% | 992 | 78.8% | 971 | 78.1% | 942 | 78.2% | 918 | 78.5% | 870 | 78.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 323 | 25.9% | 276 | 21.6% | 253 | 20.1% | 239 | 19.2% | 328 | 27.2% | 179 | 15.3% | 134 | 12.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 61 | 4.9% | 43 | 3.4% | 50 | 4.0% | 57 | 4.6% | 27 | 2.2% | 66 | 5.6% | 53 | 4.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.26 | 17.52 | 17.83 | 18.48 | 18.04 | 20.60 | 18.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 51.3% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 52.1% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 50.8% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.89% | 48.36% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.37% | 48.56% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 73.1% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 72% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 73.7% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.18% | 69.46% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 84.24% | 84.19% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 64.1% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 60% | 63.2% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 56% | 63.6% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.86% | 64.42% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 76.02% | 71.22% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 63.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60% | 61.3% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 60.8% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.35% | 60.41% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.43% | 67.08% | 57.81% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 54.8% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 51.2% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 50.1% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 48.11% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.08% | 59.4% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 65% | 69.4% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 75.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 71% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.97% | 66.01% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.93% | 71.09% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 62.5% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 61.4% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 60.2% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.79% | 55.83% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.87% | 62.22% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 60% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 60.8% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 57.2% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.27% | 65.52% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.29% | 56.59% | 60.06% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.64% | 82.2% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.16% | 93.45% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.66% | 96.18% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.76% | 97.27% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 98.98% | 96.82% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 83.6% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 86.8% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87% | 85.9% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 86.63% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 84.26% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.31% | 89.85% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.84% | 86.24% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 81.06% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 74.92% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 77.6% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 81.2% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 87.8% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.15% | 88.46% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.59% | 86.41% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.38% | 90.82% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.92% | 88.51% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.63% | 85.63% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 82.19% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 89.5% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90% | 91.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90% | 88.9% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.15% | 89.75% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.84% | 87.04% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.26% | 90.02% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.84% | 86.27% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.51% | 83.03% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.19% | 81.58% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 84.4% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81% | 85.9% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 85.5% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.39% | 87.37% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.84% | 89.08% | 81.22% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 84% | 76.8% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 80.8% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 82% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.09% | 81.14% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.26% | 82.19% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 86.4% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 78% | 78.47% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.25% | 73.72% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.12% | 75.28% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.37% | 98.53% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.73% | 97.81% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 98.31% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.1% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 94.1% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 95.7% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.27% | 93.5% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.03% | 96.74% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.04% | 94.97% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.63% | 91.99% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.59% | 90.03% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95% | 91.55% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 93.4% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 93% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97% | 95.7% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.52% | 93.12% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.41% | 97.76% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.52% | 96.08% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.88% | 95.63% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.55% | 92.77% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.25% | 95.08% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 94.9% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.7% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97% | 95.9% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.27% | 93.88% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.2% | 97.55% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.04% | 97.39% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.88% | 96% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 93.75% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.26% | 93.39% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 93.9% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 93.9% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96.6% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.78% | 93.69% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.61% | 97.76% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.29% | 96.27% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 92.6% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 93% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 95% | 93.5% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.03% | 92.35% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.83% | 96.54% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.56% | 94.97% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.63% | 92.35% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.81% | 86.36% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.25% | 93.55% | 89.74% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 65.8% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 70.9% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 80.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.95% | 77.27% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.07% | 75.36% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 72.16% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.64% | 77.28% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.18% | 76.43% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.83% | 72.49% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 86.9% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84.8% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 87.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 86.73% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.77% | 91.16% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.13% | 86.53% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.51% | 90.76% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.04% | 83.94% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.84% | 84.34% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 59.9% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 60.5% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 59.42% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.53% | 58% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.21% | 56.37% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.95% | 58.27% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.18% | 60.12% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.05% | 58.49% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 80.4% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 79% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.27% | 83.58% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.65% | 82.63% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.13% | 83.7% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.63% | 82.39% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.02% | 85.71% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.93% | 83.14% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 74.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 74.8% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.03% | 72.05% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.16% | 66.66% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.22% | 73.91% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.98% | 81.35% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.86% | 68.45% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.09% | 69.45% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 67.3% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 75.6% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 76.8% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 78.37% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.86% | 77.41% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.57% | 76.38% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.88% | 79.03% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.98% | 73.84% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.94% | 77.34% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.08% | 58.01% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.37% | 68.21% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.04% | 61.97% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 61.23% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.88% | 67.68% | 75.67% |
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* East Limestone High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.