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West Smiths Station Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Smiths Station, Lee County. The school has 870 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
West Smiths Station Elementary School enrolls 870 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 16% Black or African American and 8.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 591 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 140 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
431 of the school's 870 students (50%) 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.
West Smiths Station Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-30.
West Smiths Station Elementary School is one of 14 schools in Lee County, based in Opelika, Alabama. The district serves 9,026 students district-wide and employs 575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 870 students, West Smiths Station Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
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