Airport Road Intermediate School

Located at 384 Blackmon Farm Lane, in Coosada, Alabama, Airport Road Intermediate School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that works with 536 students (grades 3 through 4), overseen by Elmore County.

Elmore County runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,741 students. Airport Road Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Airport Road Intermediate School lists that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Airport Road Intermediate School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Elmore County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Airport Road Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Elmore County put the typical household earns roughly $78,243 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Elmore County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,867 students), Airport Road Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coosada Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Airport Road Intermediate School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Airport Road Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 536 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.