Beulah Elementary School

Set in Valley, Alabama, Beulah Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, one of the schools within Lee County. It educates 696 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Lee County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 9,026 students; Beulah Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Beulah Elementary School records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 14% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Lee County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beulah Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 45.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Lee County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students), of which Beulah Elementary School is one.

Beulah High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beulah Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beulah Elementary School has edged down 5%, going from 734 students in 2018 to 696 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 4% to 8%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.