Hidden Lake Primary School

Located at 1475 Prevatt Rd, in Dothan, Alabama, Hidden Lake Primary School is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 476 students (grades K through 2), operated by Dothan City.

Dothan City runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,220 students. Hidden Lake Primary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hidden Lake Primary School logs that Black students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 17% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Houston County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Houston County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household income runs about $58,626, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Houston County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,127 students), of which Hidden Lake Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beverlye Intermediate School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hidden Lake Primary School has ticked down 13%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 47% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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