📍 1172 S State Highway 123, Newton, Houston County, 36352
Wicksburg Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newton, Houston County. The school has 606 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Houston County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Wicksburg Elementary School enrolls 606 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 521 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 6.8% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 606 students (42%) 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.
Wicksburg 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.
Wicksburg 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 606 students, Wicksburg Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 460 students per school.
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