📍 200 Gilmer Hills Rd, Fort Deposit, Lowndes County, 36032
Fort Deposit Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Deposit, Lowndes County. The school has 194 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lowndes County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
Fort Deposit Elementary School enrolls 194 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 184 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 3.1% |
| White | 3 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
187 of the school's 194 students (96%) 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.
Fort Deposit 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-70.
Fort Deposit Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Lowndes County, based in Hayneville, Alabama. The district serves 1,109 students district-wide and employs 79 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 194 students, Fort Deposit Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 123 students per school.
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