Pike Road Elementary School

Pike Road Elementary School is a large K-5 school in Pike Road, Alabama, part of Pike Road City. The school caters to 888 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Pike Road Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Pike Road City, a district that enrolls 2,822 students overall.

Demographically, Pike Road Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 23% of students at Pike Road Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pike Road Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.6%; this one delivers 66.1%.

In the broader community, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,386, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Pike Road Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students).

Pike Road Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pike Road Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pike Road Elementary School has decreased 21%, going from 1,128 students in 2018 to 888 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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