📍 22405 AL Highway 21, Alpine, Talladega County, 35014
Sycamore School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alpine, Talladega County. The school has 253 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Talladega County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
Sycamore School enrolls 253 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 36% Black or African American and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 140 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 92 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
195 of the school's 253 students (77%) 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.
Sycamore 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-30.
Sycamore School is one of 18 schools in Talladega County, based in Talladega, Alabama. The district serves 7,178 students district-wide and employs 379 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 253 students, Sycamore School is smaller than the district average of about 399 students per school.