J Larry Newton School

J Larry Newton School is one of the expansive elementary schools in Fairhope, Alabama, run under Baldwin County, with 804 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 480.

Baldwin County comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 31,965 students; J Larry Newton School is among them.

On the student-mix side, J Larry Newton School records that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Baldwin County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J Larry Newton School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +14.2 points.

Around the school, Baldwin County reports that median household income runs about $78,775, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baldwin County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), J Larry Newton School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fairhope Middle School, roughly 2.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J Larry Newton School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

J Larry Newton School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J Larry Newton School has rose 20%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 804 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 77% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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