Raymond L Young Elementary School

Raymond L Young Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary schools in Talladega, Alabama, overseen by Talladega City, with 174 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Raymond L Young Elementary School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Talladega City, which oversees 5 schools and 1,676 students, Raymond L Young Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Raymond L Young Elementary School reports that Black students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder consists of 20% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Raymond L Young Elementary School shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at Raymond L Young Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Talladega County) shows that median household income runs about $57,776, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Raymond L Young Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Talladega County (combined enrollment of about 10,973 students).

Zora Ellis Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Raymond L Young Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Raymond L Young Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 237 (now 174). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 70% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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