📍 801 Wilson St NW, Decatur, Morgan County, 35601
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Decatur, Morgan County. The school has 303 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Decatur City school district. It serves grades 3–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School enrolls 303 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 23% Black or African American and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 141 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 8.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
177 of the school's 303 students (58%) 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.
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-50.
Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Decatur City, based in Decatur, Alabama. The district serves 8,902 students district-wide and employs 538 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 303 students, Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 445 students per school.
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