Margaret Elementary

Located at 200 Mustang Drive, in Margaret, Alabama, Margaret Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that works with 707 students (grades K through 5), overseen by St Clair County. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

St Clair County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,658 students; Margaret Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Margaret Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Margaret Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Margaret Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for St. Clair County shows median household earnings sit near $77,463, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Margaret Elementary is one of 29 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students).

The closest other public school is Moody High School, roughly 4.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Margaret Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Margaret Elementary's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 707). White enrollment moved from 81% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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