📍 1000 Hornet Parkway, Chelsea, Shelby County, 35043
Forest Oaks Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chelsea, Shelby County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shelby County school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
Forest Oaks Elementary School enrolls 683 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 543 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 7.9% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 683 students (27%) 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.
Forest Oaks Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-60.
Forest Oaks 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 683 students, Forest Oaks Elementary School is close to the district average of about 666 students per school.
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