West End Elementary School

West End Elementary School operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in Altoona, Alabama, operated by Etowah County. Current enrollment sits at 390 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

West End Elementary School is one of 22 schools operated by Etowah County, a district that caters to 8,739 students overall.

On the student-mix side, West End Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at West End Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West End Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

Around the school, census data for Etowah County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Etowah County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), West End Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West End High School, roughly 3.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West End Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West End Elementary School has ticked down 11%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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