NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools AL

Best-Resourced Schools in Trussville, AL

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6 public K-12 schools in Trussville 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
5,957
Students
45.5/100
Avg Resource Index
16.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Trussville has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Trussville 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Trussville's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Magnolia Elementary School and Hewitttrussville High School shows the range hidden by Trussville'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 37%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
72nd percentile
Teacher staffing
40th percentile

Hewitttrussville High School accounts for 26.4% of all Trussville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Trussville-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

Trussville school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Trussville school enrollment ranges from 391 students (lowest) to 1,571 students (highest), a spread of 1,180 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

Trussville student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1 — 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 Trussville is typically wider than the Trussville-aggregate figure suggests.

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

# School Score
1. Magnolia Elementary School 56
2. Cahaba Elementary School 49
3. Paine Elementary School 48
4. Hewitttrussville Middle School 43
5. Claychalkville Middle School 39
6. Hewitttrussville High School 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Trussville

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 Magnolia Elementary School 54.5/100
  2. 2 Paine Elementary School 43.8/100
  3. 3 Hewitttrussville Middle School 43.2/100
  4. 4 Hewitttrussville High School 40.3/100
  5. 5 Claychalkville Middle School 36.2/100

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Which Trussville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Magnolia Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Trussville schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Trussville, AL? ▼

Trussville has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,957 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.3:1.

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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.