Foley Elementary School

Foley Elementary School is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in Foley, Alabama, run under Baldwin County, enrolling 1,022 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 113% above typical.

Baldwin County runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 31,965 students. Foley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Foley Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Baldwin County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Foley Elementary School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Baldwin County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Baldwin County shows median household earnings sit near $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baldwin County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), Foley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Foley Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Foley Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Foley Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,350 (now 1,022). The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.