📍 414 Elm St, Talladega, Talladega County, 35160
Zora Ellis Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Talladega, Talladega County. The school has 228 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Talladega City school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
Zora Ellis Junior High School enrolls 228 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 18% White and 4.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 168 | 74% |
| White | 40 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
208 of the school's 228 students (91%) 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.
Zora Ellis Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30.
Zora Ellis Junior High School is one of 6 schools in Talladega City, based in Talladega, Alabama. The district serves 1,463 students district-wide and employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 228 students, Zora Ellis Junior High School is close to the district average of about 244 students per school.
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