📍 19099 Highway 145, Shelby, Shelby County, 35143
Shelby Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shelby, Shelby County. The school has 209 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shelby County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
Shelby Elementary School enrolls 209 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 181 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 6.2% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
127 of the school's 209 students (61%) 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.
Shelby 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-60.
Shelby Elementary School is one of 31 schools in Shelby County, based in Columbiana, Alabama. The district serves 20,638 students district-wide and employs 1,209 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 209 students, Shelby Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 666 students per school.
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