📍 71 1st Street North, Sumiton, Walker County, 35148
Sumiton Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sumiton, Walker County. The school has 714 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Walker County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
Sumiton Elementary School enrolls 714 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 9.9% Black or African American and 7.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 566 | 79% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 7.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
511 of the school's 714 students (72%) 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.
Sumiton 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-40.
Sumiton Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Walker County, based in Jasper, Alabama. The district serves 7,091 students district-wide and employs 412 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 714 students, Sumiton Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 394 students per school.
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