Saks Elementary School

Located at 31 Watson, in Anniston, Alabama, Saks Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that educates 625 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Calhoun County. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Saks Elementary School is one of 17 schools operated by Calhoun County, a district that serves 7,997 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Saks Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 40% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Saks Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calhoun County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Saks Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Calhoun County put median household income runs about $55,029, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Saks Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students).

The closest other public school is EXCEL Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Saks Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saks Elementary School has edged up 39%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 40% over that span.

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