Boaz Intermediate School

Boaz Intermediate School is a primary school of cozy scale in Boaz, Alabama, operated by Boaz City, teacheing 361 students in grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 480.

Across the 5 schools in Boaz City (2,607 students total), Boaz Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Boaz Intermediate School records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marshall County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Boaz Intermediate 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 34.1%; Boaz Intermediate School posts 54.8%, +20.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Marshall County) logs that median household income runs about $62,571, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boaz Intermediate School is one of 37 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students).

The closest other public school is Boaz Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boaz Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Boaz Intermediate School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 361). The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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