Vaughn Road Elementary School

Summary:

Vaughn Road Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Montgomery, Alabama, with a student population of 494. The school is part of the Montgomery County School District, which is ranked 110 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Vaughn Road Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20-25% of Alabama elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly below the Montgomery County and Alabama averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school has very high rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 78-79% in recent years, indicating the socioeconomic challenges faced by the student population. Additionally, the school's enrollment has decreased from 494 students in 2022-2023 to 494 students in 2023-2024, suggesting potential challenges with student retention and community engagement.

Vaughn Road Elementary's academic performance lags behind most of the other nearby elementary schools in the Montgomery County district, such as Dalraida Elementary and Flowers Elementary, which have significantly higher proficiency rates on state assessments, especially in mathematics and English language arts. The school's performance is particularly low for its African American, special education, and low socioeconomic status student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25-40% of Alabama schools for these groups. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $10,215 in 2018-2019, its academic outcomes continue to struggle, and its student-teacher ratio has increased from 17.7 in 2020-2021 to 20.5 in 2022-2023, which may be contributing to the school's academic challenges.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 4407 Vaughn Rd
       Montgomery, AL  36106-3099


(334) 260-1031

District: Montgomery County

SchoolDigger Rank:
588th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,215 Help


Students who attend Vaughn Road Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.5 Help
Number of students:  494

Racial breakdown:

African American:
90.5%
Hispanic:
3.6%
Two or more races:
2.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  78.5% Help


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Compare Details Vaughn Road Elementary School ranks worse than 86% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 13th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Montgomery County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.88. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (90.5%), Hispanic (3.6%), two or more races (2.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 78.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Vaughn Road Elementary School is 20.5. 25 elementary schools in the Montgomery County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Vaughn Road Elementary School is $10,215, which is the 6th highest among 29 elementary schools in the Montgomery County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Vaughn Road Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Vaughn Road Elementary School 588th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Vaughn Road Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Montgomery County:

SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery County 110th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Vaughn Road Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 56.86 276th 623 55.7%
2005 54.40 325th 688 52.8%
2006 38.86 478th 689 30.6%
2007 39.86 484th 698 30.7%
2008 40.38 478th 698 31.5%
2009 30.74 560th 696 19.5%
2010 47.64 443rd 704 37.1%
2011 48.87 440th 709 37.9%
2012 28.84 575th 696 17.4%
2013 28.42 602nd 696 13.5%
2014 28.40 532nd 695 23.5%
2015 24.26 541st 691 21.7%
2016 24.51 535th 691 22.6%
2017 24.32 538th 688 21.8%
2018 21.72 539th 680 20.7%
2019 21.95 536th 681 21.3%
2021 16.48 582nd 692 15.9%
2022 18.92 554th 687 19.4%
2023 9.19 643rd 680 5.4%
2024 13.88 588th 684 14.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 22.95 234th 280 16.4%
2019 38.52 245th 392 37.5%
2021 22.70 343rd 398 13.8%
2022 29.48 260th 345 24.6%
2023 11.89 370th 373 0.8%
2024 12.37 384th 395 2.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 31.67 423rd 567 25.4%
2018 25.96 519th 651 20.3%
2019 19.81 564th 649 13.1%
2021 17.16 569th 653 12.9%
2022 20.10 545th 651 16.3%
2023 12.71 585th 623 6.1%
2024 18.07 565th 670 15.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 28.29 485th 639 24.1%
2018 24.00 512th 640 20.0%
2019 20.44 534th 646 17.3%
2021 14.66 585th 656 10.8%
2022 17.02 553rd 656 15.7%
2023 10.73 603rd 645 6.5%
2024 18.15 547th 650 15.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 22.56 507th 639 20.7%
2018 22.28 516th 650 20.6%
2019 24.54 505th 650 22.3%
2021 19.87 530th 669 20.8%
2022 21.48 526th 669 21.4%
2023 8.80 619th 649 4.6%
2024 11.39 600th 655 8.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Vaughn Road Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.19 241st 423 43.0%
2019 44.30 219th 426 48.6%
2021 33.70 280th 426 34.3%
2022 37.79 245th 426 42.5%
2023 19.25 383rd 427 10.3%
2024 30.74 308th 420 26.7%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Vaughn Road Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 694 694
1989 314 303 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 621
1990 278 314 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 594
1991 269 314 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 587
1992 285 316 1 7 0 n/a n/a 0 609
1993 244 313 6 5 1 n/a n/a 0 569
1994 238 292 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1995 227 322 9 7 0 n/a n/a 0 565
1996 227 322 9 7 0 n/a n/a 0 565
1997 179 303 8 5 0 n/a n/a 0 495
1998 169 326 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 505
1999 117 363 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 488
2000 95 348 5 8 0 n/a n/a 0 456
2001 84 359 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 448
2002 64 272 4 9 0 n/a n/a 0 349
2003 64 272 4 9 0 n/a n/a 0 349
2004 42 298 11 8 2 n/a n/a 0 361
2005 47 359 15 17 1 n/a n/a 0 439
2006 54 462 15 17 1 n/a n/a 0 549
2007 52 437 16 20 0 n/a n/a 0 525
2008 42 478 13 15 0 n/a n/a 0 548
2009 16 529 16 10 0 n/a n/a 0 571
2010 28 518 20 7 0 n/a n/a 9 582
2011 29 556 16 10 0 0 3 0 614
2012 26 433 22 6 1 0 3 0 491
2013 24 469 16 8 1 0 12 0 530
2014 17 438 15 9 1 1 14 0 495
2015 36 455 15 13 1 0 8 0 528
2016 29 464 23 7 1 0 9 0 533
2017 15 453 12 8 2 4 4 0 498
2018 13 481 10 5 1 2 3 0 515
2019 15 501 3 7 7 1 2 0 536
2020 18 434 3 5 0 2 1 0 463
2021 12 410 4 16 2 0 0 0 444
2022 7 405 6 18 1 0 7 0 444
2023 11 447 6 18 0 0 12 0 494

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 Vaughn Road Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 694 34.0 20.4 0
1989 621 35.0 17.7 n/a
1990 594 33.0 18.0 0
1991 587 33.0 17.7 n/a
1992 609 34.0 17.9 n/a
1993 569 34.0 16.7 n/a
1994 541 34.8 15.5 n/a
1995 565 34.9 16.2 n/a
1996 565 34.9 16.2 n/a
1997 495 36.0 13.8 44
1998 505 35.0 14.4 47.3
1999 488 36.0 13.6 59.6
2000 456 32.0 14.3 63.8
2001 448 31.0 14.5 66.3
2002 349 26.0 13.4 51.9
2003 349 26.0 13.4 51.9
2004 361 27.5 13.1 48.8
2005 439 30.0 14.6 59.7
2006 549 33.0 16.6 65.2
2007 525 33.3 15.8 69.1
2008 548 34.4 15.9 68.1
2009 571 35.1 16.1 73.4
2010 582 n/a n/a 72.3
2011 614 34.0 18.0 65.8
2012 491 27.0 18.1 74.9
2013 530 34.0 15.5 80.2
2014 495 33.0 15.0 79.6
2015 528 30.0 17.6 55.1
2016 533 29.0 18.3 58.3
2017 498 28.0 17.7 58.6
2018 515 30.0 17.1 79.4
2019 536 27.0 19.8 78.7
2020 463 28.0 16.5 78.8
2021 444 25.0 17.7 79.3
2022 444 24.0 18.5 79.3
2023 494 24.0 20.5 78.5

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 Vaughn Road Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 694 34.0 20.4 0
1989 621 35.0 17.7 n/a
1990 594 33.0 18.0 0
1991 587 33.0 17.7 n/a
1992 609 34.0 17.9 n/a
1993 569 34.0 16.7 n/a
1994 541 34.8 15.5 n/a
1995 565 34.9 16.2 n/a
1996 565 34.9 16.2 n/a
1997 495 36.0 13.8 44
1998 505 35.0 14.4 47.3
1999 488 36.0 13.6 59.6
2000 456 32.0 14.3 63.8
2001 448 31.0 14.5 66.3
2002 349 26.0 13.4 51.9
2003 349 26.0 13.4 51.9
2004 361 27.5 13.1 48.8
2005 439 30.0 14.6 59.7
2006 549 33.0 16.6 65.2
2007 525 33.3 15.8 69.1
2008 548 34.4 15.9 68.1
2009 571 35.1 16.1 73.4
2010 582 n/a n/a 72.3
2011 614 34.0 18.0 65.8
2012 491 27.0 18.1 74.9
2013 530 34.0 15.5 80.2
2014 495 33.0 15.0 79.6
2015 528 30.0 17.6 55.1
2016 533 29.0 18.3 58.3
2017 498 28.0 17.7 58.6
2018 515 30.0 17.1 79.4
2019 536 27.0 19.8 78.7
2020 463 28.0 16.5 78.8
2021 444 25.0 17.7 79.3
2022 444 24.0 18.5 79.3
2023 494 24.0 20.5 78.5

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 Vaughn Road Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,969 (19.3%) $8,194 (80.2%) $10,215

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Vaughn Road Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 536th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 643rd of 680 Elementary schools
 15.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Vaughn Road Elementary School)34.410.7
 23.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County)4422.2
 21.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Vaughn Road Elementary School)29.14.8
 24.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County)3115.1
 15.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Vaughn Road Elementary School)23.36.4
 16.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County)28.314.7
 13.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students536494
 7.8%
African American501447
 10.8%
American Indian70
 100%
Asian36
 100%
Hispanic718
 157.1%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White1511
 26.7%
Two or More Races212
 500%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.7%78.5%
 0.2%


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Vaughn Road Elementary School ranks in the bottom 14.0% of Alabama elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 494 students attended Vaughn Road Elementary School.

Students at Vaughn Road Elementary School are 90% African American, 4% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Vaughn Road Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School


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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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