NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Opelika, AL

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

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12
Schools
7,085
Students
35.3/100
Avg Resource Index
16.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Opelika has more public-school enrollment than 70% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Opelika's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Opelika's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Dixie Elementary School and Opelika High School shows the range hidden by Opelika's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 30%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
34th percentile

Opelika High School accounts for 22.4% of all Opelika public-school enrollment

That concentration means Opelika-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

Opelika school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities

Opelika school enrollment ranges from 251 students (lowest) to 1,590 students (highest), a spread of 1,339 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

Opelika reports 65.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

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

Opelika student-teacher ratio is 16.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Opelika is typically wider than the Opelika-aggregate figure suggests.

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

# School Score
1. Dixie Elementary School 47
2. Northside School 41
3. Beauregard Elementary School 40
4. Morris Avenue Intermediate School 40
5. Opelika Middle School 36
6. Jeter Primary School 35
7. West Forest Intermediate School 35
8. Sanford Middle School 33
9. Southview Primary School 33
10. Carver Primary School 30
11. Opelika High School 27
12. Beauregard High School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Opelika

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Southview Primary School 66.4/100
  2. 2 Jeter Primary School 63.5/100
  3. 3 Opelika Middle School 63.1/100
  4. 4 Northside School 62.1/100
  5. 5 Opelika High School 60.7/100

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Which Opelika school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dixie Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Opelika schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Opelika, AL? ▼

Opelika has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,085 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.9:1.

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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.