Orange Beach Elementary School

Orange Beach Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Orange Beach, Alabama, one of the schools within Orange Beach City, with 600 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Orange Beach City comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,262 students; Orange Beach Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Orange Beach Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Orange Beach Elementary School reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Orange Beach Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Baldwin County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Orange Beach Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Baldwin County shows median household income runs about $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baldwin County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), Orange Beach Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Orange Beach MiddleHigh School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orange Beach Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.