Cold Springs Elementary School

Summary:

Cold Springs Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Bremen, Alabama, serving grades PK-8 with a student population of 519. The school is part of the Cullman County School District, which is ranked 44 out of 137 districts in Alabama and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cold Springs Elementary consistently ranks in the top 25% of Alabama elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's students outperform the Cullman County and Alabama state averages in most subject areas, particularly in Mathematics and English/Language Arts. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 72.09% of 4th-grade students at Cold Springs were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 41.22% in Cullman County and 38.32% statewide. In English/Language Arts, 80% of 3rd-grade students and 76.74% of 4th-grade students at Cold Springs were proficient or better, compared to 68.36% and 61.15% in Cullman County, respectively.

Cold Springs Elementary has a significantly higher percentage of White students (94.22% in 2022-2023) compared to the surrounding schools and the state average, with a lower percentage of minority students. The school also has a lower percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (61.46% in 2022-2023) compared to the nearby schools and the state average. Despite this, Cold Springs Elementary's low-socioeconomic status (SES) students perform exceptionally well, ranking 43rd out of 623 Alabama elementary schools in this category in 2022-2023. The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 17:1 in the 2022-2023 school year may also contribute to its strong academic performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 8999 County Road 109
       Bremen, AL  35033-0130


(256) 287-1247

District: Cullman County

SchoolDigger Rank:
147th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,344 Help


Students who attend Cold Springs Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Cold Springs High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.0 Help
Number of students:  504

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.7%
Two or more races:
4.0%
Hispanic:
2.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.7% Help


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Compare Details Cold Springs Elementary School ranks better than 78.5% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 2nd among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Cullman County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.55. (See more...)
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Compare Details Cold Springs Elementary School ranks better than 89.8% of middle schools in Alabama. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.46. (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 (92.7%), two or more races (4%), Hispanic (2.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 60.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Cullman County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cold Springs Elementary School is 16, which is the 3rd best among 10 elementary schools in the Cullman County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cold Springs Elementary School is $7,344, which is the lowest among 12 elementary schools in the Cullman County School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cold Springs Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cold Springs Elementary School 147th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Cold Springs Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Cold Springs Elementary School 45th of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Cold Springs Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Cullman County:

SchoolDigger ranks Cullman County 44th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cold Springs Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 68.65 160th 623 74.3%
2005 59.64 267th 688 61.2%
2006 69.45 165th 689 76.1%
2007 84.10 54th 698 92.3%
2008 67.92 198th 698 71.6%
2009 71.32 157th 696 77.4%
2010 68.89 195th 704 72.3%
2011 71.36 169th 709 76.2%
2012 69.46 194th 696 72.1%
2013 70.28 168th 696 75.9%
2014 57.07 288th 695 58.6%
2015 47.69 370th 691 46.5%
2016 63.23 236th 691 65.8%
2017 72.90 157th 688 77.2%
2018 74.42 162nd 680 76.2%
2019 70.92 170th 681 75.0%
2021 70.74 178th 692 74.3%
2022 78.71 123rd 687 82.1%
2023 75.77 142nd 680 79.1%
2024 76.55 147th 684 78.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 56.94 120th 398 69.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 66.66 145th 567 74.4%
2018 82.39 67th 651 89.7%
2019 67.94 161st 649 75.2%
2021 71.97 139th 653 78.7%
2022 70.90 140th 651 78.5%
2023 85.12 43rd 623 93.1%
2024 70.64 154th 670 77.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 76.26 115th 639 82.0%
2018 76.34 130th 640 79.7%
2019 76.45 120th 646 81.4%
2021 62.80 224th 656 65.9%
2022 72.71 146th 656 77.7%
2023 77.96 117th 645 81.9%
2024 79.67 107th 650 83.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 63.73 204th 639 68.1%
2018 67.34 202nd 650 68.9%
2019 59.21 256th 650 60.6%
2021 76.20 119th 669 82.2%
2022 77.11 124th 669 81.5%
2023 69.14 182nd 649 72.0%
2024 70.58 187th 655 71.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.98 223rd 508 56.1%
2019 53.99 219th 529 58.6%
2021 57.87 195th 539 63.8%
2022 61.58 183rd 540 66.1%
2023 60.95 186th 528 64.8%
2024 63.30 176th 535 67.1%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Cold Springs Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2014 62.05 137th 438 68.7%
2015 62.84 127th 430 70.5%
2016 54.80 182nd 432 57.9%
2017 69.87 96th 432 77.8%
2018 81.58 58th 423 86.3%
2019 83.27 55th 437 87.4%
2021 70.67 85th 440 80.7%
2022 84.90 43rd 432 90.0%
2023 87.13 40th 437 90.8%
2024 86.46 45th 442 89.8%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 48.94 111th 281 60.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 64.40 85th 349 75.6%
2018 87.01 20th 396 94.9%
2019 88.17 17th 396 95.7%
2021 75.96 43rd 415 89.6%
2022 78.37 41st 421 90.3%
2023 92.97 12th 410 97.1%
2024 79.73 61st 437 86.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 67.47 92nd 380 75.8%
2018 85.75 39th 392 90.1%
2019 83.41 42nd 399 89.5%
2021 74.99 64th 415 84.6%
2022 83.52 45th 423 89.4%
2023 78.30 65th 417 84.4%
2024 85.28 44th 426 89.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 63.32 114th 380 70.0%
2018 71.68 94th 397 76.3%
2019 76.43 63rd 399 84.2%
2021 54.17 166th 418 60.3%
2022 74.97 71st 427 83.4%
2023 90.83 29th 419 93.1%
2024 83.68 51st 428 88.1%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Cold Springs Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.67 74th 331 77.6%
2019 69.68 70th 343 79.6%
2021 56.89 122nd 369 66.9%
2022 72.47 69th 376 81.6%
2023 75.21 65th 370 82.4%
2024 76.63 66th 373 82.3%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cold Springs Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1997 494 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 495
1998 503 0 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 506
1999 509 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 510
2000 534 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 534
2001 474 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 474
2002 463 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 466
2003 463 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 466
2004 500 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 502
2005 480 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 483
2006 491 0 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 495
2007 470 0 3 6 0 n/a n/a 1 480
2008 474 0 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 480
2009 480 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 482
2010 454 2 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 458
2011 442 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 447
2012 444 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 446
2013 426 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 430
2014 575 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 580
2015 559 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 561
2016 542 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 561
2017 494 3 0 4 0 0 20 0 521
2018 472 0 0 7 0 0 14 0 493
2019 488 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 518
2020 464 0 0 5 0 0 18 0 487
2021 439 0 0 4 0 0 26 0 469
2022 491 2 1 9 0 0 14 0 517
2023 489 1 2 9 0 0 18 0 519
2024 467 1 2 14 0 0 20 0 504

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 Cold Springs Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 495 27.6 17.9 35.2
1998 506 28.7 17.6 35.2
1999 510 31.0 16.5 52.9
2000 534 33.0 16.2 47.9
2001 474 32.0 14.8 46
2002 466 29.0 16.1 55.4
2003 466 29.0 16.1 55.4
2004 502 32.7 15.4 58.8
2005 483 33.0 14.6 54.7
2006 495 33.0 15.0 55.8
2007 480 31.5 15.2 50.9
2008 480 31.5 15.2 51
2009 482 29.6 16.1 52.3
2010 458 31.5 14.5 54.8
2011 447 33.4 13.3 55.5
2012 446 32.6 13.6 50.4
2013 430 35.7 12.0 56
2014 580 36.6 15.8 49.7
2015 561 31.0 18.0 53.1
2016 561 31.0 18.0 49.7
2017 521 30.6 17.0 54.3
2018 493 31.5 15.6 54.6
2019 518 29.1 17.7 54.1
2020 487 29.0 16.7 54.4
2021 469 29.5 15.8 44.3
2022 517 30.0 17.2 34.4
2023 519 30.5 17.0 61.5
2024 504 31.5 16.0 60.7

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 Cold Springs Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 495 27.6 17.9 35.2
1998 506 28.7 17.6 35.2
1999 510 31.0 16.5 52.9
2000 534 33.0 16.2 47.9
2001 474 32.0 14.8 46
2002 466 29.0 16.1 55.4
2003 466 29.0 16.1 55.4
2004 502 32.7 15.4 58.8
2005 483 33.0 14.6 54.7
2006 495 33.0 15.0 55.8
2007 480 31.5 15.2 50.9
2008 480 31.5 15.2 51
2009 482 29.6 16.1 52.3
2010 458 31.5 14.5 54.8
2011 447 33.4 13.3 55.5
2012 446 32.6 13.6 50.4
2013 430 35.7 12.0 56
2014 580 36.6 15.8 49.7
2015 561 31.0 18.0 53.1
2016 561 31.0 18.0 49.7
2017 521 30.6 17.0 54.3
2018 493 31.5 15.6 54.6
2019 518 29.1 17.7 54.1
2020 487 29.0 16.7 54.4
2021 469 29.5 15.8 44.3
2022 517 30.0 17.2 34.4
2023 519 30.5 17.0 61.5
2024 504 31.5 16.0 60.7

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 Cold Springs Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $450 (6.1%) $6,868 (93.5%) $7,344

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Cold Springs Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 170th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 142nd of 680 Elementary schools
 4.1%
Ranks 55th of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 40th of 437 Middle schools
 3.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)6975
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)66.849.1
 17.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)46.344
 2.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)50.235.2
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)5228.9
 23.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)51.129.8
 21.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)70.449.1
 21.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)5732.1
 25%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)67.434
 33.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)49.926.3
 23.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cold Springs Elementary School)57.434.9
 22.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cullman County)49.929.7
 20.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.721.1
 23.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students518519
 0.2%
African American01
American Indian00
Asian02
Hispanic109
 10%
Pacific Islander00
White488489
 0.2%
Two or More Races2018
 10%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients54.1%61.5%
 7.4%


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Students who attend Cold Springs Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Cold Springs High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 504 students attended Cold Springs Elementary School.

Students at Cold Springs Elementary School are 93% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

Cold Springs Elementary School ranks 147th of 684 Alabama elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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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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