Welti Elementary School

Welti Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in Cullman, Alabama, one of the schools within Cullman County. Current enrollment sits at 218 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Welti Elementary School is one of 25 schools operated by Cullman County, a district that works with 9,901 students overall.

Demographically, Welti Elementary School shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cullman County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Welti Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Welti Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.3%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cullman County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,656 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Welti Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Cullman County (combined enrollment of about 13,144 students).

Hanceville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Welti Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Welti Elementary School has ticked up 30%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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