📍 125 Lee Road 254, Salem, Lee County, 36874
Wacoochee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salem, Lee County. The school has 621 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
Wacoochee Elementary School enrolls 621 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 13% Black or African American and 6.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 476 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 78 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 6.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
357 of the school's 621 students (57%) 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.
Wacoochee Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Wacoochee 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 621 students, Wacoochee Elementary School is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
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