York West End Junior High School

York West End Junior High School, a rural-scale primary school in Livingston, Alabama, operated by Sumter County, enrolls 159 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so York West End Junior High School sits 67% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Sumter County (966 students total), York West End Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, York West End Junior High School logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Sumter County as a whole is about 68% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting York West End Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at York West End Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sumter County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, York West End Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 16.6%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sumter County) records that the typical household earns roughly $33,310 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Sumter County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,682 students), of which York West End Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sumter Central High School, around 6.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), York West End Junior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. York West End Junior High School's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 159). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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