Stemley Road Elementary School

Stemley Road Elementary School is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in Talladega, Alabama, operated by Talladega County, caters to 356 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 17 schools in Talladega County (7,321 students total), Stemley Road Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Stemley Road Elementary School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 38% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Stemley Road Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stemley Road Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Talladega County put median household income runs about $57,776, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Stemley Road Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Talladega County (combined enrollment of about 10,973 students).

The closest other public school is Talladega County Central High, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Stemley Road Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

Stemley Road Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.