NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Trinity, AL

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7 public K-12 schools in Trinity 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
2,963
Students
43.6/100
Avg Resource Index
18.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Trinity has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Trinity 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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Trinity schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Trinity lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 21 to 576 students, a 27-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 72%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
63rd percentile
Teacher staffing
24th percentile

East Lawrence Elementary School accounts for 19.4% of all Trinity public-school enrollment

That concentration means Trinity-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Trinity school enrollment varies 27× across entities

Trinity school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 576 students (highest), a spread of 555 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Trinity reports 63.9% 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

Trinity student-teacher ratio is 18.2:1 — 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. Lawrence County Developmental 63
2. East Lawrence Middle School 49
3. East Lawrence High School 45
4. East Lawrence Elementary School 40
5. West Morgan Middle School 36
6. West Morgan Elementary School 36
7. West Morgan High School 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Trinity

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 West Morgan Elementary School 60.8/100
  2. 2 West Morgan Middle School 57.3/100
  3. 3 West Morgan High School 57.2/100
  4. 4 Lawrence County Developmental 50.8/100
  5. 5 East Lawrence High School 41.6/100

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Which Trinity school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lawrence County Developmental has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Trinity schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Trinity, AL? ▼

Trinity has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,963 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.2:1.

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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.