Walter M Kennedy School

As an average-sized elementary school in Pell City, Alabama, Walter M Kennedy School educates 437 students from grades K through 4, run under Pell City.

Pell City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,079 students; Walter M Kennedy School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Walter M Kennedy School records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 17% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Walter M Kennedy School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at Walter M Kennedy School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than St. Clair County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walter M Kennedy School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 62.2%, a residual of +22.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) records that median household income runs about $77,463, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, St. Clair County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students), of which Walter M Kennedy School is one.

The closest other public school is Williams Intermediate School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Walter M Kennedy School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walter M Kennedy School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Walter M Kennedy School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 437).

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