Clanton Elementary School

Set in Clanton, Alabama, Clanton Elementary School is a substantial primary school, one of the schools within Chilton County. It serves 942 students across grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 96% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Chilton County comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,921 students; Clanton Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Clanton Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Clanton Elementary School reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Clanton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 62.5%, a residual of +16.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Chilton County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,603 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Chilton County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,921 students), Clanton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Clanton Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clanton Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

Clanton Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 12%: 838 students in 2018 compared to 942 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.