Brantley Elementary School

Brantley Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school in Selma, Alabama, run under Dallas County. The school enrolls 204 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Brantley Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Dallas County, a district that enrolls 2,283 students overall.

Demographically, Brantley Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brantley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

Around the school, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $35,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. Across Dallas County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,584 students), Brantley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sophia P Kingston Elementary School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brantley Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brantley Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brantley Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 204 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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