Kilby Laboratory School

Kilby Laboratory School operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in Florence, Alabama, run under Florence City. Current enrollment sits at 187 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Kilby Laboratory School is one of 8 schools operated by Florence City, a district that teaches 4,574 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kilby Laboratory School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lauderdale County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kilby Laboratory School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lauderdale County put the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lauderdale County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students), of which Kilby Laboratory School is one.

Florence Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kilby Laboratory School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.2%.

Kilby Laboratory School operates from an inner-city location.

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