Hollywood Elementary School

Hollywood Elementary School is one of the rural-scale primary schools in Hollywood, Alabama, one of the schools within Jackson County, with 184 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Across the 16 schools in Jackson County (5,159 students total), Hollywood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hollywood Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Native American, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Hollywood Elementary School records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Hollywood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hollywood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 36.6%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,908 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Hollywood Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 7,616 students).

Scottsboro High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollywood Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Hollywood Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hollywood Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 184). Over the same period, the White share grew from 71% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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