Harvest School

Harvest School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Harvest, Alabama, part of Madison County, with 663 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Harvest School is one of 28 schools operated by Madison County, a district that instructs 20,691 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Harvest School records that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Harvest School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Harvest School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household income runs about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Harvest School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sparkman Ninth Grade School, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harvest School. On composite proficiency, Harvest School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Harvest School's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 733 (now 663). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 42% to 31%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.