Howell Graves Preschool

Howell Graves Preschool is an intimate K-5 school in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, operated by Muscle Shoals City. The school instructs 356 students in grades pre-K through K. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 480.

Muscle Shoals City runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,979 students. Howell Graves Preschool is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Howell Graves Preschool reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Howell Graves Preschool lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Howell Graves Preschool higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Colbert County's rate of about 50%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Colbert County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,628, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Colbert County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,178 students), of which Howell Graves Preschool is one.

Muscle Shoals High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Howell Graves Preschool operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Howell Graves Preschool has ticked up 35%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Howell Graves Preschool typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.