JacksonSteele Elementary School

JacksonSteele Elementary School, an one-room-style elementary-level community in Hayneville, Alabama, one of the schools within Lowndes County, instructs 114 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 76% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

JacksonSteele Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Lowndes County, a district that hosts 1,109 students overall.

On demographics, JacksonSteele Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 4% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lowndes County (around 85%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JacksonSteele Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.8%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Across the wider county, Lowndes County reports that the typical household earns roughly $37,052 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JacksonSteele Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Lowndes County (combined enrollment of about 1,109 students).

Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JacksonSteele Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.9%.

JacksonSteele Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 159 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 99% to 94% over that span.

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