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Alumni: what's one memory from Faine Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOTHAN CITY·NCES 010123000456
Faine Elementary School
1901 Stringer St, Dothan, AL 36303 · (334) 794-1455 · Houston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
275 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Faine Elementary School→Dothan 6th Grade Center
Based on grade levels within Dothan City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
8.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Faine Elementary School
Faine Elementary School's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faine Elementary School this school | 326 | 84.4% | 15.9% |
| Randolph Park Elementary School Anniston | 339 | 84.4% | 25.0% |
| Oliver K5 School Birmingham | 343 | 85.1% | 23.7% |
| Covenant Academy of Mobile Mobile | 327 | 82.9% | 28.5% |
| Charles A Brown Elementary School Birmingham | 296 | 83.1% | 28.7% |
| Erwin Craighead Elementary School Mobile | 380 | 81.6% | 33.2% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Faine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #617 of 626 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #612 of 626 | #13 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #614 of 626 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #549 of 709 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #83 of 655 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #596 of 658 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #50 of 696 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #307 of 364 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
326
-58 (-15%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 84% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 97% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 97% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 98% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 94% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 91% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 20 | 20.7:1 | 71% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 65% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 25 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Faine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (339 to 326); teachers up 22% (18 to 22).
About Faine Elementary School
Faine Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in Dothan, Alabama. The school enrolls 326 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
Faine Elementary School is one school in Dothan City, a system of 16 schools with 8,220 students.
The student body at Faine Elementary School is 91% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Faine Elementary School employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 84% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Houston County.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Faine Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Faine Elementary School is 6.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.9% actual, 22.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
Faine Elementary School is located in Houston County, where the median household income is $58,626, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Faine Elementary School is one of 35 public schools in the county.
Carver 9th Grade Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Faine Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Faine Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 15.9% versus a 34.1% average.
Faine Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 384. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.4:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Faine Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,140
Census ACS
Median income
$58,626
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,127 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dothan City
- Dothan High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Dothan Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 1,034 students
- Carver 9th Grade AcademyHigh · 583 students
- Kelly Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Hidden Lake Primary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in Dothan
- Dothan High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Dothan Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 1,034 students
- Rehobeth High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Rehobeth Primary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Carver 9th Grade AcademyHigh · 583 students
- Kelly Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Carver 9th Grade Academy0.2 mi · 583
- Houston County Virtual Academy1.8 mi · 246
- Dothan Preparatory Academy2.2 mi · 1,034
- Dothan City Virtual School2.2 mi · 226
- Dothan High School2.4 mi · 1,588
- Carver School of Mathematics Science and Technology2.8 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Faine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Faine Elementary School?
Faine Elementary School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Faine Elementary School serve?
Faine Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Faine Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Faine Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Faine Elementary School?
At Faine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Faine Elementary School?
Faine Elementary School is overseen by Dothan City in Houston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.