📍 5308 Mastin Lake Rd NW, Huntsville, Madison County, 35810
James Dawson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Huntsville, Madison County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Huntsville City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
James Dawson Elementary enrolls 432 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 318 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 5.1% |
| White | 19 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
381 of the school's 432 students (88%) 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.
James Dawson Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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.
James Dawson Elementary is one of 45 schools in Huntsville City, based in Huntsville, Alabama. The district serves 24,222 students district-wide and employs 1,315 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 432 students, James Dawson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 538 students per school.
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