Valley Grande Elementary School

Located at 2765 Dallas County Road 81, in Valley Grande, Alabama, Valley Grande Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school that works with 353 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Dallas County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Valley Grande Elementary School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Dallas County (2,283 students total), Valley Grande Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Valley Grande Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 29% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Valley Grande Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valley Grande Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +6.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $35,627, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. Across Dallas County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,584 students), Valley Grande Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is William R Martin Middle School, roughly 0.1 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, Valley Grande Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Valley Grande Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 353). The White share of enrollment declined from 51% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.