Susan Moore Elementary School

Susan Moore Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Blountsville, Alabama, part of Blount County, with 582 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Blount County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,600 students; Susan Moore Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Susan Moore Elementary School logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Blount County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Susan Moore 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 34.5%; Susan Moore Elementary School posts 55.4%, +20.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Blount County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,190 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Blount County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students), of which Susan Moore Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Susan Moore High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Susan Moore Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

Susan Moore Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Susan Moore Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 568 students in 2018 to 582 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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