W E Striplin Elementary School

W E Striplin Elementary School is a primary school of intimate scale in Gadsden, Alabama, overseen by Gadsden City, caters to 400 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Gadsden City (4,940 students total), W E Striplin Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, W E Striplin Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting W E Striplin Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W E Striplin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the broader community, Etowah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Etowah County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), W E Striplin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gadsden Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W E Striplin Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W E Striplin Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. W E Striplin Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 400).

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