North Jefferson Elementary Schools Reading Scores & Rankings

The Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) was put in place by the Alabama Literacy Act to focus on students being able to read at their grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

The Alabama Department of Education recently released ACAP Reading scores for the 2022-2023 school year for grades 2 and 3, and the Herald compiled the data and presented it below for each of the 6 elementary schools in North Jefferson. We then rank each school in three categories: 2nd grade, 3rd grade and best overall.

In combining all 6 schools, 559 2nd graders were tested and 557 3rd graders.

2nd Grade Scores (Best to lowest):

1. Bryan Elementary (120 2nd graders tested)
   19 students below grade level
   101 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 15.83
   % on or above grade level: 84.17
2. Gardendale Elementary (124 2nd graders tested)
   20 students below grade level
   104 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 16.13
   % on or above grade level: 83.87
3. Warrior Elementary (90 2nd graders tested)
   16 below grade level
   74 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 17.78
   % on or above grade level: 82.22
4. Mount Olive Elementary (44 2nd graders tested)
   9 students below grade level
   35 students on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 20.45
   % on or above grade level: 79.55
5. Snow Rogers Elementary (55 2nd graders tested)
   12 students below grade level
   43 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 21.82
   % on or above grade level: 78.18
6. Fultondale Elementary (126 2nd graders tested)
   50 students below grade level
   76 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 39.68
   % on or above grade level: 60.32

3rd Grade Scores (Best to lowest):

1. Warrior Elementary (87 3rd graders tested)
   10 students below grade level
   77 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 11.49
   % on or above grade level: 88.51
2. Mount Olive Elementary (43 3rd graders tested)
   5 students below grade level
   38 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 11.63
   % on or above grade level: 88.37
3. Bryan Elementary (109 3rd graders tested)
   13 students below grade level
   96 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 11.93
   % on or above grade level: 88.07
4. Gardendale Elementary (124 3rd graders tested)
   24 students below grade level
   100 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 19.35
   % on or above grade level: 80.65
5. Snow Rogers Elementary (61 3rd graders tested)
   14 students below grade level
   47 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 22.95
   % on or above grade level: 77.05
6. Fultondale Elementary (133 3rd graders tested)
   61 students below grade level
   72 on or above grade level
   % below grade level: 45.86
   % on or above grade level: 54.14

To create an overall score ranking of the 6 schools, the Herald combined the “% on or above grade level” scores for 2nd and 3rd grade for each school and divided by 2 to get an overall best score.

Overall Rankings (Best to lowest):

1. Bryan Elementary – 86.12% on or above grade level
2. Warrior Elementary – 85.36% on or above grade level
3. Mount Olive Elementary – 83.96% on or above grade level
4. Gardendale Elementary – 82.26% on or above grade level
5. Snow Rogers Elementary – 77.61% on or above grade level
6. Fultondale Elementary – 57.23% on or above grade level