Nixon Elementary School

Nixon Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Montgomery, Alabama, run under Montgomery County. The school teaches 476 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 51 schools in Montgomery County (26,958 students total), Nixon Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Nixon Elementary School lists that nearly all students (82%) are Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nixon Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Nixon Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nixon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.2%, the actual is 18.9%, a residual of -4.4 points.

In the broader community, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Nixon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lanier Senior High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nixon Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Nixon Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Nixon Elementary School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.