Randolph Park Elementary School

Randolph Park Elementary School is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Anniston, Alabama, part of Anniston City, with 339 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Randolph Park Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Anniston City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,821 students. Randolph Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Randolph Park Elementary School records that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Randolph Park Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Calhoun County's rate of about 58%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Randolph Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 25.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Calhoun County put median household earnings sit near $55,029, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Randolph Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cobb Preparatory Academy, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Randolph Park Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Randolph Park Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 339). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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