New Bethel Elementary School

New Bethel Elementary School operates as a minimally staffed primary school in Tuscumbia, Alabama, operated by Colbert County. Current enrollment sits at 159 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so New Bethel Elementary School sits 67% below that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Colbert County (2,573 students total), New Bethel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New Bethel Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, New Bethel Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at New Bethel Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Bethel Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.4%; New Bethel Elementary School posts 83.0%, +30.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Colbert County shows median household income runs about $60,628, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Colbert County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,178 students), New Bethel Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Colbert Heights Elementary School, around 4.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Bethel Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. New Bethel Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 159). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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