Calera Elementary

Located at 855 10th St, in Calera, Alabama, Calera Elementary is a sizable primary school that teaches 766 students (grades K through 2), overseen by Shelby County. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Shelby County comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 20,638 students; Calera Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calera Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 39% White, 14% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, Calera Elementary lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Calera Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Calera Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put the typical household earns roughly $97,961 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Shelby County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), Calera Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Calera Intermediate School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Calera Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calera Elementary has ticked up 12%, going from 682 students in 2018 to 766 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 51% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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