NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Arab, AL

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5 public K-12 schools in Arab from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
2,881
Students
42.6/100
Avg Resource Index
18.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Arab has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Arab has fewer enrolled students than most listed city systems, but its student-teacher ratio still falls on the more crowded side of the national distribution. That pairing rules out a simple “large city” explanation for the staffing load. Campus size, grade configuration, vacancies, and district boundaries become the more relevant questions; the profiles below expose those fields school by school without turning the ratio into a quality verdict.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Arab's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Arab's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 59th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 20th percentile. The 39-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 73%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
59th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Arab High School accounts for 25.5% of all Arab public-school enrollment

That concentration means Arab-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Arab school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Arab school enrollment ranges from 286 students (lowest) to 735 students (highest), a spread of 449 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Arab student-teacher ratio is 18.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Brindlee Mountain Elementary School 45
2. Arab High School 44
3. Arab Elementary School 44
4. Arab Junior High School 42
5. Arab Primary School 38

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Which Arab school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Brindlee Mountain Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Arab schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Arab, AL? ▼

Arab has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,881 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.