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Leighton Elementary School
8100 Old Hwy 20
Leighton AL, 35646, Colbert County
Phone: 256-446-8351
Ranking: 
(514 out of 1,064, top 48%)*
(514 out of 1,064, top 48%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Colbert 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: | 22 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 296 | 281 | 276 | 261 | 293 | 296 | 289 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 43 | 14.5% | 31 | 11.0% | 26 | 9.4% | 24 | 9.2% | 26 | 8.9% | 19 | 6.4% | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 43 | 14.5% | 40 | 14.2% | 44 | 15.9% | 32 | 12.3% | 35 | 11.9% | 39 | 13.2% | 29 | 10.0% |
| Grade 1: | 37 | 12.5% | 44 | 15.7% | 38 | 13.8% | 41 | 15.7% | 38 | 13.0% | 35 | 11.8% | 35 | 12.1% |
| Grade 2: | 38 | 12.8% | 41 | 14.6% | 36 | 13.0% | 29 | 11.1% | 31 | 10.6% | 25 | 8.4% | 44 | 15.2% |
| Grade 3: | 37 | 12.5% | 36 | 12.8% | 33 | 12.0% | 32 | 12.3% | 27 | 9.2% | 48 | 16.2% | 35 | 12.1% |
| Grade 4: | 37 | 12.5% | 33 | 11.7% | 25 | 9.1% | 29 | 11.1% | 43 | 14.7% | 35 | 11.8% | 50 | 17.3% |
| Grade 5: | 32 | 10.8% | 25 | 8.9% | 33 | 12.0% | 44 | 16.9% | 40 | 13.7% | 52 | 17.6% | 43 | 14.9% |
| Grade 6: | 29 | 9.8% | 31 | 11.0% | 41 | 14.9% | 30 | 11.5% | 53 | 18.1% | 43 | 14.5% | 53 | 18.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 176 | 59.5% | 160 | 56.9% | 159 | 57.6% | 148 | 56.7% | 156 | 53.2% | 152 | 51.4% | 143 | 49.5% |
| Female: | 120 | 40.5% | 121 | 43.1% | 117 | 42.4% | 113 | 43.3% | 129 | 44.0% | 136 | 45.9% | 142 | 49.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 26 | 8.8% | 23 | 8.2% | 22 | 8.0% | 30 | 11.5% | 24 | 8.2% | 15 | 5.1% | 16 | 5.5% |
| Black: | 74 | 25.0% | 68 | 24.2% | 68 | 24.6% | 63 | 24.1% | 75 | 25.6% | 87 | 29.4% | 96 | 33.2% |
| White: | 181 | 61.1% | 177 | 63.0% | 176 | 63.8% | 164 | 62.8% | 194 | 66.2% | 191 | 64.5% | 174 | 60.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 13 | 4.4% | 12 | 4.3% | 9 | 3.3% | 3 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 174 | 58.8% | 179 | 63.7% | 182 | 65.9% | 165 | 63.2% | 188 | 64.2% | 160 | 54.1% | 175 | 60.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 28 | 9.5% | 23 | 8.2% | 28 | 10.1% | 21 | 8.0% | 20 | 6.8% | 47 | 15.9% | 31 | 10.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.27 | 11.56 | 12.96 | 12.86 | 14.80 | 13.00 | 13.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 51.8% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 35.3% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 37% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.48% | 32.56% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.22% | 24.22% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 57.1% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 48.3% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 52.2% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.36% | 63.43% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.94% | 52.24% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 48.8% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 44.6% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 42.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.64% | 41.86% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.6% | 52.92% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 33.4% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.1% | 32.7% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 41% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.47% | 42.79% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.78% | 37.66% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 69.6% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 76.3% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.31% | 62.9% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.46% | 79.35% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.19% | 81.33% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 80.4% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.07% | 83.82% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.08% | 91.06% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 79.9% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 82.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.53% | 78.03% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.78% | 88.07% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.09% | 88.79% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.65% | 84.43% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.77% | 83.34% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.78% | 91.1% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 63.5% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 70.7% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 83.3% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.57% | 75.22% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.15% | 71.24% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.58% | 81.73% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.04% | 85.83% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.29% | 84.39% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 83.34% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 72.9% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 78.1% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 84.9% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.09% | 81.5% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.93% | 81.12% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.58% | 87.22% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.37% | 89.17% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 91.75% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 89.45% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 67% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 80% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.68% | 80.97% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 83.1% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.83% | 70.87% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.78% | 83.18% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.24% | 89.16% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.88% | 94.71% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 75.5% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 75.7% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.91% | 86.74% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.48% | 86.82% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.08% | 79.13% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.32% | 85.45% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 88.33% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.88% | 92.31% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 56.5% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 73.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 81.5% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 74.64% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.43% | 73.84% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 77.63% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.47% | 79.24% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 83.41% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.49% | 83.62% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84% | 81.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 79.5% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 82% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.79% | 86.19% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 88.66% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 100% | 92.51% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.47% | 83.05% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.51% | 89.91% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.24% | 91.85% | 88.35% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.37% | 76.74% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.78% | 81.7% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.67% | 85.71% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 84.32% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.88% | 91.83% | 80.09% |
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* Leighton Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.