Barkley Bridge Elementary School

Barkley Bridge Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Hartselle, Alabama, part of Hartselle City, hosting 419 students in grades K through 4.

Barkley Bridge Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Hartselle City, a district that hosts 3,683 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Barkley Bridge Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Barkley Bridge Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morgan County (around 56%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Barkley Bridge Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.2%; actual is 84.6%, +27.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Morgan County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,845 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morgan County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students), of which Barkley Bridge Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Crestline Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barkley Bridge Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.3%.

Barkley Bridge Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 14%: 369 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025.

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