Arab Elementary School

Arab Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school in Arab, Alabama, run under Arab City. The school caters to 599 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 480.

Arab Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Arab City, a district that educates 2,595 students overall.

Demographically, Arab Elementary School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Arab Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Marshall County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arab Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.7%; Arab Elementary School posts 77.9%, +27.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Marshall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,571 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marshall County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students), Arab Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arab High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arab Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arab Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 599). Class-load math has grew: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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