Glencoe Elementary School

Glencoe Elementary School is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Glencoe, Alabama, run under Etowah County, caters to 397 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within Etowah County, which oversees 22 schools and 8,739 students, Glencoe Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Glencoe Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Glencoe Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Glencoe Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glencoe Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.0%.

Around the school, census data for Etowah County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Glencoe Elementary School is one.

Glencoe High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glencoe Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glencoe Elementary School has climbed 9%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 93% to 83%.

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