Attalla Elementary School

Attalla Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Attalla, Alabama, run under Attalla City, with 665 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 480.

Within Attalla City, which oversees 3 schools and 1,460 students, Attalla Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Attalla Elementary School lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Etowah County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Attalla Elementary School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Attalla Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Attalla Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of +12.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Etowah County shows median household income runs about $54,563, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Attalla Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Etowah Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Attalla Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

Attalla Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 13%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 665 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 72% to 62%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.