Fox Run School

Set in Opelika, Alabama, Fox Run School is an intimate intermediate school, part of Opelika City. It teaches 392 students across grade 6. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Fox Run School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Opelika City runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,377 students. Fox Run School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Fox Run School records that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 28% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fox Run School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lee County shows median household earnings sit near $65,824, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fox Run School is one of 41 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jeter Primary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fox Run School. On composite proficiency, Fox Run School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Fox Run School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.