Elvin Hill Elementary School

Located at 201 Washington St, in Columbiana, Alabama, Elvin Hill Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that caters to 534 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Shelby County.

Shelby County comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 20,638 students; Elvin Hill Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Elvin Hill Elementary School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elvin Hill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,961, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Shelby County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), of which Elvin Hill Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shelby County High School, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elvin Hill Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

Elvin Hill Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elvin Hill Elementary School has climbed 6%, going from 505 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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