Colbert Heights Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Colbert Heights Elementary School caters to 486 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Colbert County.

Colbert County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,573 students. Colbert Heights Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Colbert Heights Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Colbert Heights Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Colbert Heights Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Colbert County shows median household earnings sit near $60,628, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Colbert County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,178 students), Colbert Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Colbert Heights High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Colbert Heights Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Colbert Heights Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Colbert Heights Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 486). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Colbert Heights Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.