Greenville Elementary School

Greenville Elementary School is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in Greenville, Alabama, one of the schools within Butler County, works with 268 students in grades 3 through 4. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Across the 6 schools in Butler County (2,699 students total), Greenville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Greenville Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 24% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 45% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Greenville Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Butler County's rate of about 73%.

After controlling for student poverty, Greenville Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.2%; actual is 46.5%, +24.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Butler County put median household earnings sit near $44,755, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Butler County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,699 students), of which Greenville Elementary School is one.

WO Parmer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 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), Greenville Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Greenville Elementary School's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 341 (now 268). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 74% to 68%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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