Brookhill Elementary School

Located at 320 Brookhill Dr, in Athens, Alabama, Brookhill Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community that hosts 380 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Athens City. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Within Athens City, which oversees 9 schools and 5,405 students, Brookhill Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Brookhill Elementary School records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Limestone County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Brookhill Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 75.5%, a residual of +21.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Limestone County put median household earnings sit near $83,629, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Limestone County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,258 students), of which Brookhill Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Julian Newman Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brookhill Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookhill Elementary School has edged up 18%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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