NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Talladega, AL

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

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7
Schools
2,173
Students
40/100
Avg Resource Index
17.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Talladega has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Talladega 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Talladega's 7 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.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

81.0% of enrollment in reporting Talladega schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 30-point gap between Raymond L Young Elementary School and Talladega High School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 85%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
45th percentile
Teacher staffing
27th percentile

Talladega High School accounts for 29.2% of all Talladega public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Talladega-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

Talladega school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Talladega school enrollment ranges from 126 students (lowest) to 634 students (highest), a spread of 508 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

Talladega reports 81.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Talladega student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1 — 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 Talladega is typically wider than the Talladega-aggregate figure suggests.

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

# School Score
1. Raymond L Young Elementary School 53
2. C L Salter Elementary School 50
3. Talladega County Central High 42
4. Stemley Road Elementary School 41
5. Zora Ellis Junior High School 41
6. Evelyn D Houston Elementary School 30
7. Talladega High School 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Talladega

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 Stemley Road Elementary School 52.7/100
  2. 2 Raymond L Young Elementary School 50.6/100
  3. 3 Evelyn D Houston Elementary School 46.7/100
  4. 4 Talladega High School 41.2/100
  5. 5 C L Salter Elementary School 40.2/100

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Which Talladega school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Raymond L Young Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Talladega schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Talladega, AL? ▼

Talladega has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,173 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.8:1.

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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.