West Smiths Station Elementary School

Set in Smiths Station, Alabama, West Smiths Station Elementary School is a large K-5 school, operated by Lee County. It works with 811 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 69% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

West Smiths Station Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Lee County, a district that enrolls 9,026 students overall.

Looking at the student body, West Smiths Station Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lee County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Smiths Station Elementary School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting West Smiths Station Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Smiths Station Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Lee County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students), of which West Smiths Station Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Smiths Station Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Smiths Station Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 849 students in 2018 compared to 811 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 64%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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