Piney Chapel Elementary School

Piney Chapel Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Athens, Alabama. The school counts 197 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students.

Besides Piney Chapel Elementary School, Limestone County runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 16,694 students.

Piney Chapel Elementary School's enrollment is 59% White. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among people living in Limestone County, the White share is about 74%. Piney Chapel Elementary School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Dividing enrollment by its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. Among elementary schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. Eligible students account for 77% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Limestone County average 54%.

Piney Chapel Elementary School is located in Limestone County, where median household income is about $83,629, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Piney Chapel Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in Limestone County, which together enroll about 24,258 students.

The school nearest to Piney Chapel Elementary School is Athens High School, at a distance of about 3.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal data place Piney Chapel Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.

The 2023-24 enrollment of 197 was 6% lower than in 2017-18, when it was 210.

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