📍 10180 State Highway 129, Brilliant, Marion County, 35548
Brilliant School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Brilliant, Marion County. The school has 255 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Marion County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
Brilliant School enrolls 255 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 245 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
198 of the school's 255 students (78%) 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.
Brilliant 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.
Brilliant School is one of 11 schools in Marion County, based in Hamilton, Alabama. The district serves 3,302 students district-wide and employs 204 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 255 students, Brilliant School is smaller than the district average of about 300 students per school.