Hayden Elementary School

Hayden Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Hayden, Alabama, part of Blount County. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades 3 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 480.

Blount County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,600 students; Hayden Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hayden Elementary School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Hayden Elementary School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Hayden Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Blount County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hayden Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 64.3%.

In the area at large, Blount County reports that median household income runs about $64,190, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Blount County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students), of which Hayden Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hayden Primary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hayden Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025.

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