📍 500 Elm St, Sulligent, Lamar County, 35586
Sulligent School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Sulligent, Lamar County. The school has 714 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lamar County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
Sulligent School enrolls 714 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 13% Black or African American and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 590 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 90 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
469 of the school's 714 students (66%) 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.
Sulligent School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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.
Sulligent School is one of 5 schools in Lamar County, based in Vernon, Alabama. The district serves 2,129 students district-wide and employs 125 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 714 students, Sulligent School is larger than the district average of about 426 students per school.