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Sparkman Elementary School
72 Plainview
Hartselle AL, 35640, Morgan County
Phone: 256-773-6458
Ranking: 
(853 out of 1,064, bottom 20%)*
(853 out of 1,064, bottom 20%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Morgan County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 21 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 29 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 265 | 262 | 251 | 302 | 299 | 290 | 298 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 29 | 10.9% | 34 | 13.0% | 34 | 13.5% | 22 | 7.3% | 42 | 14.0% | 34 | 11.7% | 26 | 8.7% |
| Grade 1: | 25 | 9.4% | 37 | 14.1% | 22 | 8.8% | 39 | 12.9% | 35 | 11.7% | 25 | 8.6% | 36 | 12.1% |
| Grade 2: | 39 | 14.7% | 23 | 8.8% | 30 | 12.0% | 42 | 13.9% | 26 | 8.7% | 41 | 14.1% | 31 | 10.4% |
| Grade 3: | 25 | 9.4% | 34 | 13.0% | 32 | 12.7% | 27 | 8.9% | 36 | 12.0% | 31 | 10.7% | 37 | 12.4% |
| Grade 4: | 37 | 14.0% | 33 | 12.6% | 21 | 8.4% | 41 | 13.6% | 26 | 8.7% | 36 | 12.4% | 34 | 11.4% |
| Grade 5: | 34 | 12.8% | 20 | 7.6% | 34 | 13.5% | 26 | 8.6% | 34 | 11.4% | 32 | 11.0% | 30 | 10.1% |
| Grade 6: | 20 | 7.5% | 31 | 11.8% | 26 | 10.4% | 35 | 11.6% | 33 | 11.0% | 25 | 8.6% | 39 | 13.1% |
| Grade 7: | 31 | 11.7% | 26 | 9.9% | 27 | 10.8% | 32 | 10.6% | 28 | 9.4% | 36 | 12.4% | 27 | 9.1% |
| Grade 8: | 25 | 9.4% | 24 | 9.2% | 25 | 10.0% | 38 | 12.6% | 39 | 13.0% | 28 | 9.7% | 34 | 11.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 148 | 55.8% | 146 | 55.7% | 139 | 55.4% | 166 | 55.0% | 164 | 54.8% | 148 | 51.0% | 150 | 50.3% |
| Female: | 117 | 44.2% | 116 | 44.3% | 112 | 44.6% | 136 | 45.0% | 127 | 42.5% | 134 | 46.2% | 144 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 1.0% | 4 | 1.3% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 6 | 2.3% | 8 | 3.1% | 5 | 2.0% | 7 | 2.3% | 6 | 2.0% | 10 | 3.4% | 8 | 2.7% |
| Black: | 9 | 3.4% | 9 | 3.4% | 7 | 2.8% | 15 | 5.0% | 12 | 4.0% | 12 | 4.1% | 6 | 2.0% |
| White: | 236 | 89.1% | 230 | 87.8% | 230 | 91.6% | 278 | 92.1% | 279 | 93.3% | 265 | 91.4% | 280 | 94.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 4.5% | 12 | 4.6% | 7 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 178 | 67.2% | 160 | 61.1% | 149 | 59.4% | 187 | 61.9% | 195 | 65.2% | 178 | 61.4% | 171 | 57.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 34 | 12.8% | 39 | 14.9% | 43 | 17.1% | 30 | 9.9% | 33 | 11.0% | 37 | 12.8% | 44 | 14.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.50 | 7.71 | 7.13 | 10.63 | 10.44 | 10.70 | 10.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 59.7% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 57.4% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.6% | 52.7% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.13% | 45.44% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.73% | 39.11% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 73.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 81.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 80.6% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.13% | 74.65% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.17% | 77.78% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 48% | 52.4% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 56% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 26% | 51.8% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.48% | 47.55% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.82% | 48.92% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 38% | 43.1% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.6% | 47.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.44% | 42.46% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.19% | 37.27% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 44% | 49.5% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 45.9% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 13.6% | 49.5% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.27% | 62.83% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.26% | 63.36% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 52% | 65.2% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 73.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 67.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.27% | 77.64% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.64% | 75.52% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 62.2% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 57.8% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 57.9% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.36% | 64.53% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.84% | 65.62% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48% | 54.3% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 47.4% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 55.7% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.82% | 56.79% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.26% | 62.82% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 80.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 78.5% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.93% | 76.4% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.06% | 78.65% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.18% | 76.48% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.72% | 78.45% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 87.58% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48% | 86.82% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 85.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 85.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.97% | 87.79% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 86.36% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 89.66% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.34% | 87.12% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.24% | 91.78% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 90.69% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 82.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 82.1% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 78.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 76.07% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.25% | 81.12% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.01% | 75.64% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 81.88% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.45% | 83.02% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.89% | 90.16% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 85.5% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 87.8% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 86.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.83% | 84.66% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.37% | 91.95% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.75% | 88.08% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.36% | 88.6% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.47% | 89.47% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.44% | 94.29% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 77.8% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 79.7% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.29% | 73.43% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.27% | 80.44% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 81.42% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.48% | 81.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 89.19% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.32% | 91.31% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 86.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 83.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.22% | 83.61% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.81% | 85.03% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 89.35% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.72% | 87.08% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.91% | 88.73% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 90.47% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 58.7% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 73.8% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 78% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.33% | 76.68% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.67% | 67.01% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.62% | 73.56% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.34% | 76.11% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.69% | 76.19% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76% | 77.81% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 73% | 87.3% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 88.5% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 86.6% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 85.48% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 89.57% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 87.62% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.83% | 89.57% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.48% | 88.89% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76% | 90.79% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 57.3% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 65.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.15% | 59.68% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.13% | 59.09% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.67% | 61.59% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.15% | 65.49% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.38% | 72% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 73.44% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84% | 81.7% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 80.5% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.07% | 80.95% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 82.69% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.67% | 85.19% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.72% | 87.94% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 89.06% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84% | 89.08% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 72% | 66.1% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 73.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.95% | 71.45% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.55% | 70.49% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 95% | 79.72% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 81.24% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.97% | 79.08% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.16% | 81.58% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 61.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72% | 70.4% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 72.7% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.91% | 78.02% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.96% | 80.13% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90% | 79.26% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 74.12% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 79.31% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.69% | 81.39% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.85% | 73.34% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 78.4% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 83.71% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 83.09% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.52% | 82.93% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.62% | 65.99% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 72.35% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 69.15% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 74.12% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 96% | 80.13% | 75.67% |
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* Sparkman Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.