Hazel Green Elementary School

Hazel Green Elementary School is a well-populated elementary campus in Hazel Green, Alabama, operated by Madison County. The school serves 963 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 101% bigger than typical.

Across the 28 schools in Madison County (20,691 students total), Hazel Green Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hazel Green Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest consists of 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Native American. Compared to Madison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hazel Green Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.0%; this one delivers 56.1%.

Across the wider county, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Hazel Green Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hazel Green High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Hazel Green Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hazel Green Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hazel Green Elementary School's enrollment has increased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 743 (now 963). The White share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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