West Blocton Elementary School

West Blocton Elementary School is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in West Blocton, Alabama, run under Bibb County, instructing 288 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 480.

Across the 8 schools in Bibb County (3,063 students total), West Blocton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, West Blocton Elementary School lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. 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 commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bibb County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, West Blocton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bibb County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,541 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Bibb County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,063 students), West Blocton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Blocton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around West Blocton Elementary School. On composite proficiency, West Blocton Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

West Blocton Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Blocton Elementary School has edged up 9%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 85% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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