Vance Elementary School
18202 Hwy 11 North
Vance AL, 35490, Tuscaloosa County
Phone: 205-342-2697
Ranking: 
(677 out of 1,064, bottom 36%)*
(677 out of 1,064, bottom 36%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Tuscaloosa 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: | 29 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 35 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 460 | 437 | 431 | 442 | 436 | 440 | 582 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 100 | 21.7% | 72 | 16.5% | 76 | 17.6% | 84 | 19.0% | 58 | 13.3% | 69 | 15.7% | 95 | 16.3% |
| Grade 1: | 67 | 14.6% | 75 | 17.2% | 81 | 18.8% | 66 | 14.9% | 77 | 17.7% | 78 | 17.7% | 83 | 14.3% |
| Grade 2: | 76 | 16.5% | 75 | 17.2% | 67 | 15.5% | 77 | 17.4% | 74 | 17.0% | 60 | 13.6% | 108 | 18.6% |
| Grade 3: | 81 | 17.6% | 64 | 14.6% | 69 | 16.0% | 63 | 14.3% | 66 | 15.1% | 90 | 20.5% | 97 | 16.7% |
| Grade 4: | 65 | 14.1% | 77 | 17.6% | 70 | 16.2% | 67 | 15.2% | 90 | 20.6% | 68 | 15.5% | 100 | 17.2% |
| Grade 5: | 71 | 15.4% | 74 | 16.9% | 68 | 15.8% | 85 | 19.2% | 71 | 16.3% | 75 | 17.0% | 99 | 17.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 256 | 55.7% | 237 | 54.2% | 226 | 52.4% | 227 | 51.4% | 218 | 50.0% | 224 | 50.9% | 310 | 53.3% |
| Female: | 204 | 44.3% | 200 | 45.8% | 205 | 47.6% | 215 | 48.6% | 207 | 47.5% | 208 | 47.3% | 268 | 46.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 17 | 3.7% | 17 | 3.9% | 12 | 2.8% | 10 | 2.3% | 14 | 3.2% | 16 | 3.6% | 12 | 2.1% |
| Black: | 50 | 10.9% | 42 | 9.6% | 35 | 8.1% | 43 | 9.7% | 37 | 8.5% | 34 | 7.7% | 32 | 5.5% |
| White: | 380 | 82.6% | 363 | 83.1% | 380 | 88.2% | 385 | 87.1% | 380 | 87.2% | 388 | 88.2% | 537 | 92.3% |
| 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: | 11 | 2.4% | 12 | 2.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 215 | 46.7% | 183 | 41.9% | 187 | 43.4% | 181 | 41.0% | 191 | 43.8% | 151 | 34.3% | 166 | 28.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 27 | 5.9% | 42 | 9.6% | 40 | 9.3% | 39 | 8.8% | 50 | 11.5% | 58 | 13.2% | 91 | 15.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.86 | 12.85 | 14.37 | 14.26 | 17.44 | 16.30 | 16.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 54% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.9% | 44.5% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 42.4% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.28% | 39.67% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.78% | 35.94% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 61.3% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 59% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 64.9% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 64.23% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 68.65% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 51.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 45.2% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 41.5% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 41.87% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.59% | 47.87% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 47.7% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 41.9% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 45.1% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 39.16% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.37% | 37.74% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 70.8% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 76% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.59% | 72.87% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.29% | 72.14% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.88% | 72.33% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.27% | 76.7% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.36% | 79.95% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.54% | 86.07% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 83.5% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 84.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.73% | 83.82% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.53% | 85.84% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 85.55% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.81% | 84.19% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.48% | 84.48% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.14% | 87.84% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 72.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 74.3% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 76.6% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.69% | 76.62% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.69% | 74.6% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.05% | 73.22% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.52% | 78.54% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.46% | 78.6% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.85% | 83.76% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 78.6% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 85.7% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 83.3% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.32% | 83.9% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 86.82% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.55% | 88.4% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.57% | 87.2% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.69% | 86.99% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.86% | 88.7% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 72.8% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 78% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.69% | 74.44% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.28% | 74.51% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 79.38% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 85.53% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.61% | 91.41% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.89% | 91.33% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 83.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 82.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.15% | 85.81% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 86.2% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.12% | 86.49% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.06% | 88.31% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.41% | 90.55% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.72% | 88.99% | 88.88% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.89% | 71.74% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.94% | 76.17% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.14% | 81.36% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 82.71% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.72% | 83.38% | 80.09% |
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* Vance Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.