Ashford Elementary School

Ashford Elementary School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Ashford, Alabama, run under Houston County, educateing 668 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 480.

Houston County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,907 students. Ashford Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ashford Elementary School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ashford Elementary School logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ashford 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 36.3%; Ashford Elementary School posts 62.7%, +26.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Houston County put the typical household earns roughly $58,626 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ashford Elementary School is one of 35 public schools in Houston County (combined enrollment of about 15,127 students).

Ashford High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ashford Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ashford Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 658 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 63%.

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