Daphne Elementary School

Daphne Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school in Daphne, Alabama, overseen by Baldwin County. The school instructs 671 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 480.

Baldwin County comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 31,965 students; Daphne Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Daphne Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Daphne Elementary School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Daphne Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 67.2%, a residual of +15.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Baldwin County put median household earnings sit near $78,775, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Daphne Elementary School is one of 51 public schools in Baldwin County (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students).

W J Carroll Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Daphne Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Daphne Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 684 (now 671). The White share of enrollment decreased from 66% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Daphne Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.