Abbeville Elementary School

Located at 100 Elm St, in Abbeville, Alabama, Abbeville Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school that enrolls 338 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Henry County. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Henry County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,524 students; Abbeville Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Abbeville Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 41% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Abbeville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henry County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Abbeville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 25.6%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Across the wider county, Henry County reports that median household income runs about $59,931, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Abbeville Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 2,524 students).

Nearest neighbor: Abbeville High School, around 2.0 miles off. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Abbeville Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Abbeville Elementary School has shrank 13%, going from 389 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 49% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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