Wrights Mill Road Elementary School

Wrights Mill Road Elementary School operates as a small elementary campus in Auburn, Alabama, run under Auburn City. Current enrollment sits at 388 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Across the 14 schools in Auburn City (9,488 students total), Wrights Mill Road Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wrights Mill Road Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest consists of 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Wrights Mill Road Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Wrights Mill Road Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Lee County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wrights Mill Road Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household earnings sit near $65,824, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Wrights Mill Road Elementary School is one.

Auburn Early Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wrights Mill Road Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Wrights Mill Road Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Wrights Mill Road Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 388). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.