📍 100 Barfield St, Ashford, Houston County, 36312
Ashford Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ashford, Houston County. The school has 625 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Houston County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
Ashford Elementary School enrolls 625 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 21% Black or African American and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 431 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 134 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
428 of the school's 625 students (68%) 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.
Ashford Elementary 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-10.
Ashford Elementary School is one of 15 schools in Houston County, based in Dothan, Alabama. The district serves 6,907 students district-wide and employs 379 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 625 students, Ashford Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 460 students per school.
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