Little Ridge Intermediate School

Set in Fort Payne, Alabama, Little Ridge Intermediate School is a heavily attended elementary-level community, part of Fort Payne City. It educates 792 students across grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Little Ridge Intermediate School sits 65% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Fort Payne City, which oversees 5 schools and 3,508 students, Little Ridge Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Little Ridge Intermediate School records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 41% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Little Ridge Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $51,204, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DeKalb County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,277 students), of which Little Ridge Intermediate School is one.

Fort Payne Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Little Ridge Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

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