Faine Elementary School

Faine Elementary School is a compact primary school in Dothan, Alabama, part of Dothan City. The school enrolls 326 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 480.

Across the 16 schools in Dothan City (8,220 students total), Faine Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Faine Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Houston County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Faine Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 15.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Houston County shows median household income runs about $58,626, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Houston County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,127 students), of which Faine Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Carver 9th Grade Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Faine Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Faine Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Faine Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 326). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.