Northside School

Set in Opelika, Alabama, Northside School is a medium-sized elementary school, run under Opelika City. It educates 464 students across grades 3 through 5.

Opelika City comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,377 students; Northside School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Northside School lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 12% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northside School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lee County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Northside School is one of 41 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students).

Nearest neighbor: Opelika Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Northside School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Northside School's enrollment has ticked up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 464). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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