LEAD Academy Building B

LEAD Academy Building B is one of the tight-knit combined-grade schools in Montgomery, Alabama, part of LEAD Academy, with 394 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 10. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 673 students.

Within LEAD Academy, which oversees 2 schools and 752 students, LEAD Academy Building B is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LEAD Academy Building B shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LEAD Academy Building B tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,386 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEAD Academy Building B is one of 60 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students).

Nearest neighbor: LEAD Academy Building A, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEAD Academy Building B. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEAD Academy Building B at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. LEAD Academy Building B operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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