Dannelly Elementary School

Dannelly Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Montgomery, Alabama, run under Montgomery County, with 588 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Montgomery County comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 26,958 students; Dannelly Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Dannelly Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are Black; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Dannelly Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dannelly Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 27.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household earnings sit near $59,386, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Montgomery County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), of which Dannelly Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dannelly Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dannelly Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dannelly Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 595 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.