Tarrant Elementary School

Located at 1269 Portland St, in Tarrant, Alabama, Tarrant Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school that enrolls 307 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by Tarrant City. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 480.

Tarrant City comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,308 students; Tarrant Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tarrant Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 44% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the resource side, Tarrant Elementary School records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Tarrant Elementary School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Tarrant Intermediate 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.

Tarrant Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Tarrant Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 307). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 28% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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