Clark Elementary School

Clark Elementary School is a rural-scale elementary-level community in Selma, Alabama, operated by Selma City. The school serves 113 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 76% below the state mean of about 480.

Within Selma City, which oversees 8 schools and 2,301 students, Clark Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Clark Elementary School reports that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, Clark Elementary School logs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Clark Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Clark Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 13.3%, the actual is 27.4%, a residual of +14.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $35,627 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Dallas County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,584 students), of which Clark Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Payne Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clark Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clark Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Clark Elementary School's enrollment has fell 68% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 113). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 100% to 93%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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