Amanda Pevey
Elmore Autauga News
The 2024–2025 state report cards are out, and Autauga County Schools (ACS) and Elmore County Public Schools have big reasons to celebrate! Both districts earned an impressive overall score of 87, their highest since the COVID-19 pandemic and the second highest since the state launched its current accountability system. This year’s results highlight strong, steady momentum across campuses, with scores climbing three points over last year.
Autauga County Schools saw meaningful gains across several key areas this year, including:
Graduation Rate: Up 3.6 points, lifting the district’s overall graduation rate to 89.2%.
College & Career Readiness: Jumped 9.89%, highlighting strong momentum in preparing students for life after high school.
English Language Proficiency: Increased by more than 10%, marking notable progress for multilingual learners.
Chronic Absenteeism: Dropped by 4.88%, following last year’s double-digit decline, bringing the district’s rate to under 10%.
Superintendent Woodfin said the results reflect the commitment and collaboration happening across the district. “These results show that our people, programs, and processes are working,” said Lyman Woodfin, Superintendent of Autauga County Schools. “Our teachers, staff, students, and families continue to pull together to make learning a priority. We’re proud of the progress, and we’re even more excited about the future for our students.” Every success reflected in this year’s scores represents countless hours of hard work and teamwork across ACS schools.
Elmore County Public Schools demonstrated notable improvement across several key performance areas:
Graduation Rate: Increased by 1%, raising the district’s overall graduation rate to 87%.
College and Career Readiness: Improved by 3%, reflecting continued growth in preparing students for post-secondary success.
English Language Proficiency: Rose by more than 8%, indicating significant advancement among multilingual learners.
Chronic Absenteeism: Declined by 8%, building on last year’s double-digit decrease and reducing the district’s overall rate to 12%.
“I was excited to see the overall report card improved this year. We had scores going up in 10 of our schools, we had five A’s, which is the most we have had, and the rest of the base schools had B’s. Certainly, we have room to continue to grow, and we will focus on those areas that need to be addressed and move forward in that direction,” said Superintendent Richard Dennis.
Although both districts are proud of these accomplishments, leaders note that there is still more progress to be made. The commitment to continuous improvement remains strong.
