📍 3371 County Road 81, Ft Payne, DeKalb County, 35967
Ruhuma Junior High School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ft Payne, DeKalb County. The school has 165 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
Ruhuma Junior High School enrolls 165 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 21% American Indian or Alaska Native and 4.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 118 | 72% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 35 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
133 of the school's 165 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ruhuma Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Ruhuma Junior High School is one of 15 schools in DeKalb County, based in Rainsville, Alabama. The district serves 8,769 students district-wide and employs 539 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 165 students, Ruhuma Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 585 students per school.
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