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Piney Chapel Elementary School
20835 Elkton Rd
Athens AL, 35614, Limestone County
Phone: 256-233-6674
Ranking: 
(784 out of 1,064, bottom 26%)*
(784 out of 1,064, bottom 26%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Limestone 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: | 15 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 208 | 209 | 218 | 235 | 235 | 249 | 262 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 46 | 22.1% | 41 | 19.6% | 39 | 17.9% | 34 | 14.5% | 35 | 14.9% | 41 | 16.5% | 46 | 17.6% |
| Grade 1: | 38 | 18.3% | 31 | 14.8% | 34 | 15.6% | 31 | 13.2% | 34 | 14.5% | 41 | 16.5% | 30 | 11.5% |
| Grade 2: | 27 | 13.0% | 36 | 17.2% | 34 | 15.6% | 32 | 13.6% | 41 | 17.4% | 29 | 11.6% | 30 | 11.5% |
| Grade 3: | 37 | 17.8% | 28 | 13.4% | 37 | 17.0% | 37 | 15.7% | 26 | 11.1% | 30 | 12.0% | 47 | 17.9% |
| Grade 4: | 26 | 12.5% | 32 | 15.3% | 46 | 21.1% | 27 | 11.5% | 34 | 14.5% | 43 | 17.3% | 28 | 10.7% |
| Grade 5: | 34 | 16.3% | 41 | 19.6% | 28 | 12.8% | 36 | 15.3% | 39 | 16.6% | 23 | 9.2% | 42 | 16.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 103 | 49.5% | 108 | 51.7% | 121 | 55.5% | 122 | 51.9% | 122 | 51.9% | 135 | 54.2% | 141 | 53.8% |
| Female: | 105 | 50.5% | 101 | 48.3% | 97 | 44.5% | 113 | 48.1% | 105 | 44.7% | 106 | 42.6% | 117 | 44.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.5% | 2 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.7% | 4 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.8% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.4% |
| Hispanic: | 68 | 32.7% | 55 | 26.3% | 59 | 27.1% | 55 | 23.4% | 48 | 20.4% | 47 | 18.9% | 36 | 13.7% |
| Black: | 7 | 3.4% | 5 | 2.4% | 10 | 4.6% | 11 | 4.7% | 9 | 3.8% | 7 | 2.8% | 12 | 4.6% |
| White: | 128 | 61.5% | 146 | 69.9% | 147 | 67.4% | 164 | 69.8% | 173 | 73.6% | 193 | 77.5% | 211 | 80.5% |
| 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: | 4 | 1.9% | 1 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 157 | 75.5% | 146 | 69.9% | 155 | 71.1% | 154 | 65.5% | 156 | 66.4% | 128 | 51.4% | 137 | 52.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 12 | 5.8% | 10 | 4.8% | 12 | 5.5% | 13 | 5.5% | 21 | 8.9% | 21 | 8.4% | 30 | 11.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.77 | 11.88 | 14.93 | 13.35 | 15.61 | 13.00 | 12.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 60% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 41.4% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 23% | 49.5% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.79% | 36.95% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.84% | 41.34% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 63% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 66.4% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 67.1% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.11% | 67.99% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.69% | 66.72% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 54.1% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 42.8% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.4% | 51.9% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.41% | 39.85% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.84% | 43.75% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 49.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 39.4% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23% | 50.4% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.79% | 40.3% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.11% | 42.79% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 78.1% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 80.9% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 80.72% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.91% | 79.49% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.14% | 80.39% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 74.61% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.79% | 83.08% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.45% | 81.49% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 82.6% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 86.4% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 87.12% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.92% | 84.38% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 87.88% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.07% | 84.81% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 87.55% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.66% | 86.41% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 81.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 82.1% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 83% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.81% | 77.3% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 75.5% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.81% | 73.5% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.57% | 74.67% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.48% | 73.96% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.92% | 75.37% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 84.7% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 86.6% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 89.9% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.93% | 87.26% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.96% | 90.45% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.81% | 85.92% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.14% | 87.41% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.19% | 84.73% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.75% | 85.17% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 74.1% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 77.7% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 79.47% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.21% | 68.56% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.27% | 74.16% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 75.48% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.11% | 83.48% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 83.57% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37% | 84.1% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 82.9% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 90% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.09% | 86.46% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.37% | 88.93% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.55% | 84.58% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.89% | 86.02% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 85.83% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74% | 65.8% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70.9% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88% | 80.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.07% | 77.27% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.56% | 75.36% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.38% | 72.16% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 77.28% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 76.43% | 77.64% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 86.9% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 84.8% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84% | 87.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.97% | 86.73% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.49% | 91.16% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.39% | 86.53% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92% | 90.76% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.84% | 83.94% | 88.19% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.87% | 71.68% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.64% | 71.4% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.86% | 71.25% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.47% | 70.47% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 74.72% | 80.09% |
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* Piney Chapel Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.