NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Smiths Station, AL

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

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6
Schools
5,226
Students
30.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Smiths Station has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Smiths Station's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Smiths Station's 6 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between West Smiths Station Elementary School and Smiths Station High School shows the range hidden by Smiths Station'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 43%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
14th percentile
Teacher staffing
32nd percentile

Smiths Station High School accounts for 30.4% of all Smiths Station public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Smiths Station-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

Smiths Station school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities

Smiths Station school enrollment ranges from 463 students (lowest) to 1,588 students (highest), a spread of 1,125 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

Smiths Station operates one school district — a single-district system

Smiths Station's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Smiths Station student-teacher ratio is 17.2:1 — 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 Smiths Station is typically wider than the Smiths Station-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. West Smiths Station Elementary School 40
2. East Smiths Station Elementary School 38
3. Smiths Station Junior High School 35
4. South Smiths Station Elementary School 35
5. Smith Station Freshman Center 20
6. Smiths Station High School 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Smiths Station

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 East Smiths Station Elementary School 55.5/100
  2. 2 Smiths Station High School 54.9/100
  3. 3 West Smiths Station Elementary School 54.8/100
  4. 4 Smiths Station Junior High School 52.3/100
  5. 5 South Smiths Station Elementary School 45.9/100

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Which Smiths Station school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

West Smiths Station Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Smiths Station schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Smiths Station, AL? ▼

Smiths Station has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,226 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.2:1.

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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.