Harrand Creek Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Enterprise, Alabama, Harrand Creek Elementary School caters to 440 students from grades K through 6, run under Enterprise City.

Enterprise City comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,612 students; Harrand Creek Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Harrand Creek Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% White, 24% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Harrand Creek Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Coffee County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harrand Creek Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 27.4%; actual is 50.4%, +23.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Coffee County put median household earnings sit near $68,353, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Harrand Creek Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Coffee County (combined enrollment of about 10,168 students).

Rucker Boulevard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harrand Creek Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Harrand Creek Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 440). The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Harrand Creek Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.