Brindlee Mountain Primary School

Located at 1050 Scant City Road, in Guntersville, Alabama, Brindlee Mountain Primary School is a tight-knit elementary school that serves 278 students (grades K through 2), overseen by Marshall County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Brindlee Mountain Primary School sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Marshall County, which oversees 14 schools and 6,494 students, Brindlee Mountain Primary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Brindlee Mountain Primary School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marshall County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Marshall County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,571, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marshall County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students), Brindlee Mountain Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brindlee Mountain High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Brindlee Mountain Primary School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Brindlee Mountain Primary School's enrollment has rose 36% since 2018, when it stood at 205 (now 278). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.