Halcyon Elementary School

Halcyon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Montgomery, Alabama, overseen by Montgomery County. The school hosts 694 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

Halcyon Elementary School is one of 51 schools operated by Montgomery County, a district that works with 26,958 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Halcyon Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Halcyon Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Halcyon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,386, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Halcyon Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students).

Nearest neighbor: Garrett Elementary School, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Halcyon Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

Halcyon Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Halcyon Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 39% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 694). The White share of enrollment edged down from 9% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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