Creekside Elementary School

Creekside Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in Harvest, Alabama, part of Limestone County, caters to 550 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Across the 16 schools in Limestone County (16,694 students total), Creekside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Creekside Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Limestone County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Creekside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.1%, the actual is 64.5%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Limestone County put median household income runs about $83,629, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Limestone County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,258 students), Creekside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Creekside Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Creekside Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Creekside Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 550). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 74% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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