F S Ervin Elementary School

Set in Pine Hill, Alabama, F S Ervin Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school, one of the schools within Wilcox County. It hosts 197 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 59% leaner than typical.

F S Ervin Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Wilcox County, a district that serves 1,147 students overall.

Looking at the student body, F S Ervin Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest looks like 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wilcox County as a whole is about 70% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, F S Ervin Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, F S Ervin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.5%, the actual is 27.7%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wilcox County) reports that median household income runs about $40,640, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 24%. In all, Wilcox County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,147 students), of which F S Ervin Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Thomasville Elementary School, roughly 10.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, F S Ervin Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at F S Ervin Elementary School has edged down 21%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 100% to 95% over that span.

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