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Student Enrollment & Staffing Overview
NCES 2024-2025Total Students
659
Teachers (FTE)
56.0
Student-Teacher Ratio
11.8:1
FRPL Eligible
652
(98.9%)
National School Lunch Program (FRPL) Eligibility
Total Eligible: 652 of 659 (98.9%)
Free Lunch: 608 (92.3%)
Reduced-Price: 44 (6.7%)
Paid / Not Eligible: 7 (1.1%)
Multi-Year Enrollment Trends & Growth (2020-2021 – 2024-2025)
Student Diversity Distribution
Demographic composition of enrolled students across racial & ethnic backgrounds.
659
Students
| Black or African American | 636 | 96.5% | |
| Hispanic / Latino | 15 | 2.3% | |
| Two or More Races (Multiracial) | 6 | 0.9% | |
| Asian | 1 | 0.2% | |
| White | 1 | 0.2% |
Grade-Level Enrollment Distribution
Distribution of student body across reported grade cohorts.
659
Students
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11.2% | |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11.1% | |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 11.5% | |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10.9% | |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 10% | |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 9.7% | |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 9.6% | |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 10.5% | |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 10% | |
| Pre-Kindergarten | 36 | 5.5% |
Student Gender Distribution
Reported enrollment counts by gender cohort.
M
51.1%
Male Students
337
F
48.9%
Female Students
322