W O Lance Elementary

W O Lance Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Lanett, Alabama, one of the schools within Lanett City. Current enrollment sits at 564 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within Lanett City, which oversees 3 schools and 971 students, W O Lance Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, W O Lance Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest reads as 31% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W O Lance Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 18.7%, -18.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chambers County) logs that median household income runs about $49,656, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. W O Lance Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Chambers County (combined enrollment of about 4,174 students).

The closest other public school is Lanett Junior High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, W O Lance Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

W O Lance Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 588 students in 2018 compared to 564 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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