Phenix City Elementary School

Set in Phenix City, Alabama, Phenix City Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Phenix City. It teaches 683 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Phenix City Elementary School sits 42% above that benchmark.

Within Phenix City, which oversees 11 schools and 7,198 students, Phenix City Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Phenix City Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 14% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Russell County as a whole is about 46% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Phenix City Elementary School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Russell County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Phenix City Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.5%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Russell County indicate median household earnings sit near $51,197, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Phenix City Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Russell County (combined enrollment of about 10,127 students).

Phenix City Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Phenix City Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Phenix City Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Phenix City Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 683).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Phenix City Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.