Russellville Elementary School

Russellville Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary school in Russellville, Alabama, one of the schools within Russellville City, enrolls 576 students, covering grades 3 through 6.

Within Russellville City, which oversees 4 schools and 2,615 students, Russellville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Russellville Elementary School logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 32% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Russellville Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.9%; Russellville Elementary School posts 61.2%, +22.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $53,338, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Russellville Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 6,178 students).

West 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Russellville Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 56% to 60%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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