Cotaco School
100 Cotaco School Rd
Somerville AL, 35670, Morgan County
Phone: 256-778-8154
Ranking: 
(245 out of 1,064, top 23%)*
(245 out of 1,064, top 23%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten 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: | 31 | 41 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 36 | 38 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 500 | 510 | 495 | 517 | 514 | 506 | 510 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 17 | 3.4% | 19 | 3.7% | 16 | 3.2% | 4 | 0.8% | 15 | 2.9% | 19 | 3.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 56 | 11.2% | 51 | 10.0% | 52 | 10.5% | 51 | 9.9% | 53 | 10.3% | 46 | 9.1% | 52 | 10.2% |
| Grade 1: | 46 | 9.2% | 59 | 11.6% | 42 | 8.5% | 56 | 10.8% | 47 | 9.1% | 43 | 8.5% | 56 | 11.0% |
| Grade 2: | 52 | 10.4% | 47 | 9.2% | 53 | 10.7% | 46 | 8.9% | 45 | 8.8% | 54 | 10.7% | 61 | 12.0% |
| Grade 3: | 53 | 10.6% | 55 | 10.8% | 42 | 8.5% | 47 | 9.1% | 54 | 10.5% | 62 | 12.3% | 58 | 11.4% |
| Grade 4: | 59 | 11.8% | 44 | 8.6% | 44 | 8.9% | 54 | 10.4% | 63 | 12.3% | 59 | 11.7% | 64 | 12.5% |
| Grade 5: | 43 | 8.6% | 46 | 9.0% | 54 | 10.9% | 64 | 12.4% | 60 | 11.7% | 63 | 12.5% | 53 | 10.4% |
| Grade 6: | 47 | 9.4% | 60 | 11.8% | 59 | 11.9% | 65 | 12.6% | 63 | 12.3% | 57 | 11.3% | 53 | 10.4% |
| Grade 7: | 64 | 12.8% | 64 | 12.5% | 66 | 13.3% | 65 | 12.6% | 65 | 12.6% | 50 | 9.9% | 56 | 11.0% |
| Grade 8: | 63 | 12.6% | 65 | 12.7% | 67 | 13.5% | 65 | 12.6% | 49 | 9.5% | 53 | 10.5% | 57 | 11.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 264 | 52.8% | 258 | 50.6% | 252 | 50.9% | 262 | 50.7% | 260 | 50.6% | 255 | 50.4% | 257 | 50.4% |
| Female: | 236 | 47.2% | 252 | 49.4% | 243 | 49.1% | 255 | 49.3% | 246 | 47.9% | 243 | 48.0% | 249 | 48.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 12 | 2.4% | 11 | 2.2% | 8 | 1.6% | 11 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 5 | 1.0% |
| Black: | 14 | 2.8% | 20 | 3.9% | 17 | 3.4% | 20 | 3.9% | 20 | 3.9% | 17 | 3.4% | 20 | 3.9% |
| White: | 459 | 91.8% | 468 | 91.8% | 460 | 92.9% | 477 | 92.3% | 479 | 93.2% | 482 | 95.3% | 479 | 93.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 11 | 2.2% | 6 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 248 | 49.6% | 245 | 48.0% | 207 | 41.8% | 238 | 46.0% | 185 | 36.0% | 157 | 31.0% | 154 | 30.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 11.4% | 43 | 8.4% | 60 | 12.1% | 42 | 8.1% | 56 | 10.9% | 47 | 9.3% | 59 | 11.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.17 | 12.33 | 12.58 | 11.00 | 11.19 | 13.90 | 13.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 59.7% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 57.4% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 52.7% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.74% | 45.44% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.15% | 39.11% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 73.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 81.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 80.6% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.02% | 74.65% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.36% | 77.78% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 52.4% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 56% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 51.8% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.73% | 47.55% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.82% | 48.92% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 45.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 43.1% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 47.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.96% | 42.46% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.23% | 37.27% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 49.5% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 45.9% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 49.5% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.72% | 62.83% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 62% | 63.36% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 65.2% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 73.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 67.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77.64% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 84% | 75.52% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 62.2% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 57.8% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 57.9% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 64.53% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 78% | 65.62% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 54.3% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 47.4% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 55.7% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.21% | 56.79% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66% | 62.82% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 80.3% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 78.5% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.74% | 76.4% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.23% | 78.65% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.85% | 76.48% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.21% | 78.45% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.58% | 87.58% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 86.82% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 85.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 85.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.93% | 87.79% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 86.36% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.19% | 89.66% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.12% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.41% | 91.78% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.84% | 90.69% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 82.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 82.1% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 78.9% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.51% | 76.07% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.39% | 81.12% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.67% | 75.64% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.97% | 81.88% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 83.02% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.78% | 90.16% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83% | 85.5% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 87.8% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 86.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.24% | 84.66% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.38% | 91.95% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 88.08% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.08% | 88.6% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.72% | 89.47% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94.29% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 77.8% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 79.7% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 73.43% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.63% | 80.44% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.81% | 81.42% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.36% | 81.28% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.65% | 89.19% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.44% | 91.31% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 86.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 83.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 83.61% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 85.03% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.19% | 89.35% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.22% | 87.08% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.76% | 88.73% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.15% | 90.47% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 58.7% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 73.8% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 78% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.81% | 76.68% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.36% | 67.01% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.97% | 73.56% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.62% | 76.11% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.19% | 76.19% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.71% | 77.81% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 87.3% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 88.5% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 86.6% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.45% | 85.48% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.64% | 89.57% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.33% | 87.62% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.23% | 89.57% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.76% | 88.89% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 90.79% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 57.3% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72% | 65.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.32% | 59.68% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.62% | 59.09% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.79% | 61.59% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.93% | 65.49% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.78% | 72% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.76% | 73.44% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 81.7% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 80.5% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.08% | 80.95% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 82.69% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.19% | 85.19% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.62% | 87.94% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.88% | 89.06% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.59% | 89.08% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 66.1% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 73.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 71.45% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.22% | 70.49% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 79.72% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86% | 81.24% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 79.08% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.88% | 81.58% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 61.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 70.4% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83% | 72.7% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.94% | 78.02% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.14% | 80.13% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.72% | 79.26% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72% | 74.12% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 79.31% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.45% | 81.39% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.39% | 73.34% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.33% | 78.4% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.38% | 83.71% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 83.09% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.04% | 82.93% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.08% | 65.99% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.72% | 72.35% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.94% | 69.15% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 74.12% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.18% | 80.13% | 75.67% |
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* Cotaco School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.