Shelby Elementary School

Shelby Elementary School is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Shelby, Alabama, part of Shelby County, with 242 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

Shelby Elementary School is one of 29 schools operated by Shelby County, a district that teaches 20,638 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Shelby Elementary School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Shelby Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Shelby Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Shelby County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Shelby Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.3%; Shelby Elementary School posts 63.4%, +22.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,961 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Shelby County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), Shelby Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elvin Hill Elementary School, around 6.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shelby Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Shelby Elementary School's enrollment has rose 41% since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 242).

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