Fort Deposit Elementary School

As a tiny elementary school in Fort Deposit, Alabama, Fort Deposit Elementary School serves 186 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Lowndes County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Fort Deposit Elementary School sits 61% below that benchmark.

Within Lowndes County, which oversees 7 schools and 1,109 students, Fort Deposit Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Fort Deposit Elementary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Other groups include 6% White, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Fort Deposit Elementary School records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fort Deposit Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lowndes County indicate median household income runs about $37,052, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Lowndes County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,109 students), Fort Deposit Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lowndes County Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Fort Deposit Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

Fort Deposit Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 98% to 90%.

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