Mount Olive Intermediate School

Mount Olive Intermediate School is a cozy primary school in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, one of the schools within Russell County. The school works with 345 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 7 schools in Russell County (3,850 students total), Mount Olive Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mount Olive Intermediate School lists that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Russell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Russell County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Olive Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Russell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,197 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mount Olive Intermediate School is one of 18 public schools in Russell County (combined enrollment of about 10,127 students).

Mt Olive Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Olive Intermediate School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 34% to 27%.

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