William L Radney Elementary School

As a small intermediate school in Alexander City, Alabama, William L Radney Elementary School enrolls 414 students from grades 5 through 6, one of the schools within Alexander City.

Alexander City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,836 students. William L Radney Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, William L Radney Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 70% of students at William L Radney Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tallapoosa County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, William L Radney Elementary 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 33.1%; this one delivers 50.5%, a residual of +17.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Tallapoosa County shows median household earnings sit near $59,356, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Tallapoosa County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,658 students), of which William L Radney Elementary School is one.

Benjamin Russell High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around William L Radney Elementary School. On composite proficiency, William L Radney Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. William L Radney Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 414). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 48% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.