Pintlala Elementary School

Set in Hope Hull, Alabama, Pintlala Elementary School is a minimally staffed elementary-level community, overseen by Montgomery County. It caters to 170 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Pintlala Elementary School is one of 51 schools operated by Montgomery County, a district that works with 26,958 students overall.

Demographically, Pintlala Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly less Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pintlala Elementary School shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pintlala Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.8%, the actual is 21.1%, a residual of -16.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $59,386, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Pintlala Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Southlawn Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pintlala Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pintlala Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 160 (now 170). Black enrollment moved from 51% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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