Central Elementary School

Set in Hayneville, Alabama, Central Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school, operated by Lowndes County. It serves 200 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 58% leaner than the state mean of about 480.

Lowndes County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,109 students; Central Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Central Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Central Elementary School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Central Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.1%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lowndes County put the typical household earns roughly $37,052 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Lowndes County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,109 students), Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

Central Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Elementary School has decreased 28%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 200 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

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