Sycamore School

Sycamore School operates as a small elementary school in Alpine, Alabama, part of Talladega County. Current enrollment sits at 340 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 480.

Within Talladega County, which oversees 17 schools and 7,321 students, Sycamore School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sycamore School reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sycamore School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sycamore School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +10.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Talladega County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $57,776 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Talladega County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,973 students), of which Sycamore School is one.

The closest other public school is Winterboro High School, roughly 0.0 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, Sycamore School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sycamore School has edged up 56%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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