Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Florrence, Alabama, overseen by Lauderdale County, teaches 713 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 49% larger than typical.

Within Lauderdale County, which oversees 14 schools and 7,952 students, Central Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Central Elementary School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Central Elementary School shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Lauderdale County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Central Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Lauderdale County (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.9%.

Central Elementary School operates from a rural location.

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