Duck Springs Elementary School

Duck Springs Elementary School is one of the close-knit primary schools in Attalla, Alabama, overseen by Etowah County, with 207 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 480.

Across the 22 schools in Etowah County (8,739 students total), Duck Springs Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Duck Springs Elementary School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with Etowah County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Duck Springs Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Duck Springs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 48.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Etowah County shows median household earnings sit near $54,563, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Duck Springs Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Etowah County (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students).

The closest other public school is Whitesboro Elementary School, roughly 4.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Duck Springs Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Duck Springs Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 173 students in 2018 compared to 207 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 14% to 9%.

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