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Alabama school board elections, 2014
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A total of 12 Alabama school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 25 seats. Huntsville City Schools held elections on August 26, 2014, while the remaining 11 districts held elections on November 4, 2014.
Here are several quick facts about Alabama's school board elections in 2014:
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- Overall, 10 newcomers won positions on school boards in Alabama. They took 40 percent of the seats on the ballot in 2014, which was slightly higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
- The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Mobile County Public Schools with 61,237 K-12 students.
- The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Etowah County School System with 9,295 K-12 students.
- Cullman County Schools had the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with four seats up for election.
- Jefferson County School District, Madison County Schools and Shelby County Schools had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with one seat up for election in each district.
The districts listed below served 282,124 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[1] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.
| 2014 Alabama School Board Elections | ||||
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| District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
| Huntsville City Schools | 8/26/2014 | 3 | 5 | 22,188 |
| Baldwin County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 28,165 |
| Cullman County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 9,678 |
| Elmore County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 7 | 11,016 |
| Etowah County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 9,295 |
| Jefferson County School District | 11/4/2014 | 1 | 5 | 34,095 |
| Lee County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 1 | 7 | 9,810 |
| Madison County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 1 | 5 | 19,328 |
| Mobile County Public School System | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 61,237 |
| Montgomery Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 7 | 31,464 |
| Shelby County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 1 | 5 | 28,063 |
| Tuscaloosa County School System | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 7 | 17,785 |
State profile
| Demographic data for Alabama | ||
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| Alabama | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 4,853,875 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 50,645 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 68.8% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 26.4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.7% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 4% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 84.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 23.5% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $43,623 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 23.3% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Alabama. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Alabama
Alabama voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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Academic performance
- See also: Public education in Alabama
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NAEP scores
- See also: NAEP scores by state for a full comparison of all states
The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi), Alabama'a eighth grade students fared the worst in mathematics, with only 20 percent scoring at or above proficient, according to the NAEP. See the table and chart below for a full comparison.[2]
| Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013 | ||||
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| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8 | |
| Alabama | 30% | 20% | 31% | 25% |
| Tennessee | 40% | 28% | 34% | 33% |
| Georgia | 39% | 29% | 34% | 32% |
| Mississippi | 26% | 21% | 21% | 20% |
| U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014 | ||||
Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Alabama and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[2][3][4]
| Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013 | |||||||
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| State | Graduation rate, 2013 | Average ACT composite, 2013 | Average SAT composite, 2013 | ||||
| Percent | Quintile ranking** | Score | Participation rate | Score | Participation rate | ||
| Alabama | 80% | Fourth | 20.4 | 78% | 1,608 | 7% | |
| Tennessee | 86.3% | Second | 19.5 | 100% | 1,709 | 8% | |
| Georgia | 71.7% | Fifth | 20.7 | 51% | 1,452 | 75% | |
| Mississippi | 75.5% | Fifth | 18.9 | 95% | 1,673 | 3% | |
| U.S. average | 81.4% | 20.9 | 1,498 | ||||
| **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express," accessed May 28, 2015 ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 28, 2015 The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||||||
Dropout rate
- See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states
The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Alabama was lower than the national average at 1.4 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 1.4 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
- ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014
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