Hayden Primary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Hayden, Alabama, Hayden Primary School instructs 530 students from grades pre-K through 2, operated by Blount County.

Within Blount County, which oversees 14 schools and 7,600 students, Hayden Primary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hayden Primary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Hayden Primary School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Blount County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Blount County shows median household earnings sit near $64,190, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Primary School is one.

Hayden Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Hayden Primary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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