Golden Springs Elementary School

Golden Springs Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus in Anniston, Alabama, part of Anniston City. The school teaches 357 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 5 schools in Anniston City (1,821 students total), Golden Springs Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Golden Springs Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder looks like 8% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calhoun County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Golden Springs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.4%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Calhoun County shows median household income runs about $55,029, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Golden Springs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: De Armanville Elementary School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Golden Springs Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Golden Springs Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Golden Springs Elementary School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 357). Black enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.