Hanceville Elementary School

Hanceville Elementary School is an average-sized primary school in Hanceville, Alabama, one of the schools within Cullman County. The school hosts 648 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Hanceville Elementary School sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 25 schools in Cullman County (9,901 students total), Hanceville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hanceville Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Hanceville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cullman County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hanceville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cullman County) records that median household income runs about $62,656, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cullman County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,144 students), Hanceville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hanceville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hanceville Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 613 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025.

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