NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Phenix City, AL

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12 public K-12 schools in Phenix City 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
7,659
Students
36.6/100
Avg Resource Index
18:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Phenix City has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Phenix City sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Phenix City's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Phenix City's reporting schools show 70.4% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 18.0:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 14-point gap between South Girard School and Central High School is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 28%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
31st percentile
Teacher staffing
25th percentile

Central High School accounts for 20.6% of all Phenix City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Phenix City-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

Phenix City school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Phenix City school enrollment ranges from 155 students (lowest) to 1,579 students (highest), a spread of 1,424 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Phenix City reports 70.4% 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

Phenix City student-teacher ratio is 18.0:1 — 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 Phenix City is typically wider than the Phenix City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. South Girard School 43
2. Central Freshman Academy 40
3. Sherwood Elementary School 40
4. Lakewood Elementary School 39
5. Lakewood Primary School 38
6. Westview Elementary School 37
7. Ladonia Elementary School 37
8. Meadowlane Elementary School 37
9. Ridgecrest Elementary School 35
10. Phenix City Intermediate School 34
11. Phenix City Elementary School 30
12. Central High School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Phenix City

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 Lakewood Primary School 66.7/100
  2. 2 Lakewood Elementary School 65.5/100
  3. 3 Sherwood Elementary School 64.5/100
  4. 4 Ladonia Elementary School 61.4/100
  5. 5 South Girard School 57.2/100

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Which Phenix City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

South Girard School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Phenix City schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Phenix City, AL? ▼

Phenix City has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,659 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18:1.

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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.