Williams Avenue Elementary School

Williams Avenue Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Fort Payne, Alabama. Total enrollment is 131 students, and the grades served are pre-K. That is 73% below the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Alabama.

The district, Fort Payne City, has 3,508 students enrolled across 5 schools.

More than half of the students at Williams Avenue Elementary School are White (55%). Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In DeKalb County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Williams Avenue Elementary School scores 55%.

Teacher count: 9.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower.

The school's county is DeKalb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $51,204 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 20, with about 12,277 students.

Wills Valley Elementary School is the nearest public school to Williams Avenue Elementary School, about 2.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.

Enrollment records show 480 in 2020-21 and 131 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 13.8:1 over the same years.

The allk12 page for Williams Avenue Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.