Steele Elementary School

Steele Elementary School operates as a tiny elementary campus in Steele, Alabama, one of the schools within St Clair County. Current enrollment sits at 141 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

Across the 18 schools in St Clair County (9,658 students total), Steele Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Steele Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Steele Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Steele Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 63.7%, a residual of +19.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Clair County shows median household income runs about $77,463, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, St. Clair County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students), of which Steele Elementary School is one.

Attalla Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Steele Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

Steele Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Steele Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 178 (now 141). The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 72% over that span.

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