Robert D Sloman Primary

Robert D Sloman Primary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Douglas, Alabama, overseen by Marshall County, with 613 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Robert D Sloman Primary sits 28% above that benchmark.

Marshall County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,494 students. Robert D Sloman Primary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Robert D Sloman Primary shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Robert D Sloman Primary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Robert D Sloman Primary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Marshall County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,571, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marshall County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students), of which Robert D Sloman Primary is one.

Douglas Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Robert D Sloman Primary.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Robert D Sloman Primary's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 613). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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