Hackleburg Elementary School

Hackleburg Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary schools in Hackleburg, Alabama, overseen by Marion County, with 258 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 480.

Marion County comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,302 students; Hackleburg Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hackleburg Elementary School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Hackleburg Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hackleburg Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.6%; actual is 65.0%, +22.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Marion County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,088 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hackleburg Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 4,506 students).

Hackleburg High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Hackleburg Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hackleburg Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 258). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.