Weaver Elementary School

Summary:

Weaver Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 553 students in grades PK-6 in Weaver, Alabama, which is part of the Calhoun County School District. While the school has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, its academic performance, as measured by state assessment proficiency rates, is generally below the county and state averages, particularly for certain student subgroups.

Weaver Elementary's 3rd-grade math proficiency rate was 39.13% in 2023-2024, compared to 45.13% for Calhoun County and 42.16% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across student subgroups, with male students, African American students, White students, and students with special needs all tending to perform below their peers at the county and state levels. Weaver Elementary's statewide ranking among Alabama elementary schools has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 211 out of 691 schools to 337 out of 684 schools, and it has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with around 73% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Compared to nearby schools in the Calhoun County district, such as Pleasant Valley Elementary and Alexandria Elementary, Weaver Elementary's academic performance is generally lower, with higher proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. The school's per-student spending and student-teacher ratio are comparable to the surrounding area, but its racial diversity is lower than some nearby schools, such as De Armanville Elementary and Saks Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 444 School Dr
       Weaver, AL  36277-4311


(256) 741-7100

District: Calhoun County

SchoolDigger Rank:
337th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,759 Help


Students who attend Weaver Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Weaver High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.9 Help
Number of students:  559

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.4%
African American:
16.3%
Hispanic:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  78.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Weaver Elementary School ranks better than 50.7% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 5th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Calhoun County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.28. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71.4%), African American (16.3%), Hispanic (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 78.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Weaver Elementary School is 16.9. 4 elementary schools in the Calhoun County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Weaver Elementary School is $8,759. 5 elementary schools in the Calhoun County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Weaver Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Weaver Elementary School 337th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Weaver Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Calhoun County:

SchoolDigger ranks Calhoun County 47th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Weaver Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 54.49 296th 623 52.5%
2005 68.32 186th 688 73.0%
2006 70.42 152nd 689 77.9%
2007 79.17 98th 698 86.0%
2008 70.60 172nd 698 75.4%
2009 64.61 231st 696 66.8%
2010 56.46 346th 704 50.9%
2011 42.09 506th 709 28.6%
2012 51.83 415th 696 40.4%
2013 57.27 357th 696 48.7%
2014 56.32 295th 695 57.6%
2015 55.77 280th 691 59.5%
2016 66.28 211th 691 69.5%
2017 55.21 308th 688 55.2%
2018 63.68 247th 680 63.7%
2019 53.36 324th 681 52.4%
2021 55.48 290th 692 58.1%
2022 63.12 233rd 687 66.1%
2023 54.28 316th 680 53.5%
2024 51.28 337th 684 50.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 51.17 112th 280 60.0%
2018 39.03 199th 344 42.2%
2019 32.52 279th 392 28.8%
2021 44.53 196th 398 50.8%
2022 52.81 131st 345 62.0%
2023 40.07 225th 373 39.7%
2024 41.66 212th 395 46.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 58.42 215th 567 62.1%
2018 73.95 130th 651 80.0%
2019 62.88 214th 649 67.0%
2021 59.91 249th 653 61.9%
2022 69.73 150th 651 77.0%
2023 58.19 253rd 623 59.4%
2024 62.51 244th 670 63.6%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 50.36 327th 639 48.8%
2018 59.63 273rd 640 57.3%
2019 50.99 322nd 646 50.2%
2021 53.97 294th 656 55.2%
2022 52.71 300th 656 54.3%
2023 50.27 319th 645 50.5%
2024 50.20 324th 650 50.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 57.87 268th 639 58.1%
2018 67.63 199th 650 69.4%
2019 53.21 309th 650 52.5%
2021 53.46 304th 669 54.6%
2022 67.72 191st 669 71.4%
2023 54.03 297th 649 54.2%
2024 50.41 335th 655 48.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 28.89 254th 336 24.4%
2018 43.77 237th 423 44.0%
2019 37.31 273rd 426 35.9%
2021 61.23 126th 426 70.4%
2022 55.77 149th 426 65.0%
2023 46.59 207th 427 51.5%
2024 39.81 240th 420 42.9%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for White students at Weaver Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 35.29 249th 369 32.5%
2018 46.53 272nd 508 46.5%
2019 41.89 319th 529 39.7%
2021 41.98 301st 539 44.2%
2022 54.12 224th 540 58.5%
2023 38.74 339th 528 35.8%
2024 37.34 349th 535 34.8%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, December 6, 2019

Open Quote Awesome school awesome teachers really good lunch. Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Open Quote The students are not giving one on one help, mostly for 2 reasons; one the teachers rely on them to use devices (no text books for each student to take home, all copies or nothing at all (the copies are half sheet of paper so small and poor copies that they aren't able to read them)and they have too many kids in each room over 25 per room. The school Admin. worries more about how the school looks then it does for the learning. This school in the past was a school that was well above in the learning curve, now they are below. Parents and teachers have no communication between them, teachers come to work do what little they have to do and leave. I have personal left messages on phones, and written message and nothing was ever done. The school needs a lot of help to get back were it once was. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Weaver Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 750 750
1989 689 58 22 12 1 n/a n/a 0 782
1990 672 65 11 8 5 n/a n/a 0 761
1991 658 70 19 8 2 n/a n/a 0 757
1992 707 72 11 11 2 n/a n/a 0 803
1993 695 77 23 16 3 n/a n/a 0 814
1994 690 79 24 12 5 n/a n/a 0 810
1995 648 74 6 9 2 n/a n/a 0 739
1996 648 74 6 9 2 n/a n/a 0 739
1997 676 73 8 14 1 n/a n/a 0 772
1998 635 78 6 14 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1999 586 80 4 16 0 n/a n/a 3 689
2000 565 87 5 13 0 n/a n/a 2 672
2001 515 96 5 16 3 n/a n/a 0 635
2002 514 127 3 18 3 n/a n/a 0 665
2003 514 127 3 18 3 n/a n/a 0 665
2004 510 133 1 14 2 n/a n/a 2 662
2005 498 125 1 10 3 n/a n/a 0 637
2006 520 125 3 16 4 n/a n/a 0 668
2007 508 125 2 15 6 n/a n/a 0 656
2008 528 137 2 13 6 n/a n/a 0 686
2009 528 112 7 18 1 n/a n/a 0 666
2010 578 133 8 15 2 n/a n/a 0 736
2011 595 123 8 15 0 0 18 0 759
2012 585 114 6 13 0 1 17 0 736
2013 531 113 5 13 1 0 18 0 681
2014 544 99 4 14 3 0 17 0 681
2015 532 92 5 17 3 0 25 0 674
2016 529 101 4 13 3 1 33 0 684
2017 520 90 7 25 2 4 13 0 661
2018 502 102 7 21 1 4 0 0 637
2019 493 88 5 19 1 5 0 0 611
2020 497 96 4 31 2 5 0 0 635
2021 454 89 4 22 0 3 0 0 572
2022 438 97 4 29 1 3 14 0 586
2023 409 84 3 30 0 2 25 0 553
2024 399 91 2 34 0 2 31 0 559

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Weaver Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 750 31.7 23.6 0
1989 782 30.0 26.0 n/a
1990 761 30.0 25.3 0
1991 757 31.0 24.4 n/a
1992 803 35.0 22.9 n/a
1993 814 37.0 22.0 n/a
1994 810 40.7 19.9 n/a
1995 739 37.0 20.0 n/a
1996 739 37.0 20.0 n/a
1997 772 37.3 20.7 37.2
1998 733 38.7 18.9 37.8
1999 689 42.0 16.4 56.1
2000 672 40.0 16.8 57.6
2001 635 41.5 15.4 55.6
2002 665 38.7 17.2 61.2
2003 665 38.7 17.2 61.2
2004 662 46.0 14.4 63.9
2005 637 44.0 14.5 62.6
2006 668 40.0 16.7 62
2007 656 44.0 14.9 59.3
2008 686 41.0 16.7 60.6
2009 666 41.1 16.0 57.5
2010 736 37.0 19.8 57.6
2011 759 41.0 18.5 57.8
2012 736 42.0 17.5 59.8
2013 681 45.1 15.0 59.2
2014 681 38.0 17.9 58.9
2015 674 34.0 19.8 58.6
2016 684 39.0 17.5 58.9
2017 661 39.0 16.9 62.9
2018 637 39.0 16.3 60
2019 611 36.0 16.9 63.7
2020 635 36.0 17.6 68.8
2021 572 35.0 16.3 64.7
2022 586 32.0 18.3 59
2023 553 32.0 17.2 73.1
2024 559 33.0 16.9 78.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Weaver Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 750 31.7 23.6 0
1989 782 30.0 26.0 n/a
1990 761 30.0 25.3 0
1991 757 31.0 24.4 n/a
1992 803 35.0 22.9 n/a
1993 814 37.0 22.0 n/a
1994 810 40.7 19.9 n/a
1995 739 37.0 20.0 n/a
1996 739 37.0 20.0 n/a
1997 772 37.3 20.7 37.2
1998 733 38.7 18.9 37.8
1999 689 42.0 16.4 56.1
2000 672 40.0 16.8 57.6
2001 635 41.5 15.4 55.6
2002 665 38.7 17.2 61.2
2003 665 38.7 17.2 61.2
2004 662 46.0 14.4 63.9
2005 637 44.0 14.5 62.6
2006 668 40.0 16.7 62
2007 656 44.0 14.9 59.3
2008 686 41.0 16.7 60.6
2009 666 41.1 16.0 57.5
2010 736 37.0 19.8 57.6
2011 759 41.0 18.5 57.8
2012 736 42.0 17.5 59.8
2013 681 45.1 15.0 59.2
2014 681 38.0 17.9 58.9
2015 674 34.0 19.8 58.6
2016 684 39.0 17.5 58.9
2017 661 39.0 16.9 62.9
2018 637 39.0 16.3 60
2019 611 36.0 16.9 63.7
2020 635 36.0 17.6 68.8
2021 572 35.0 16.3 64.7
2022 586 32.0 18.3 59
2023 553 32.0 17.2 73.1
2024 559 33.0 16.9 78.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Weaver Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,501 (17.1%) $7,212 (82.3%) $8,759

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Weaver Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 324th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 316th of 680 Elementary schools
 1.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Weaver Elementary School)56.335.6
 20.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Calhoun County)62.349.1
 13.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Weaver Elementary School)29.432.9
 3.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Calhoun County)4832.1
 15.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Weaver Elementary School)39.826.9
 12.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Calhoun County)41.323.9
 17.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (Weaver Elementary School)39.526.9
 12.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Calhoun County)46.632.2
 14.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students611553
 9.5%
African American8884
 4.5%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian53
 40%
Hispanic1930
 57.9%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White493409
 17%
Two or More Races025
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.7%73.1%
 9.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Weaver Elementary School

In the 2023-24 school year, 559 students attended Weaver Elementary School.

Students at Weaver Elementary School are 71% White, 16% African American, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

Weaver Elementary School ranks 337th of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Weaver Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Weaver High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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