Southlawn Elementary School

Set in Montgomery, Alabama, Southlawn Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school, operated by Montgomery County. It educates 395 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 51 schools in Montgomery County (26,958 students total), Southlawn Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Southlawn Elementary School reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 22% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Southlawn Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southlawn Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.9%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $59,386 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Southlawn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Southlawn Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southlawn Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southlawn Elementary School has increased 32%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 98% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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