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Payne Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1529 N Franklin St
Selma, AL 36701
Phone
(334) 874-1660
District
Selma City
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
174
Classroom Teachers
9

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

3

(10 is best)

Better than 25.0% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Payne Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
35%
52%
46%
63%
23%
42%
35%
52%
46%
63%
23%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
24%
48%
28%
58%
20%
38%
24%
48%
28%
58%
20%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
39%
50%
44%
63%
34%
37%
39%
50%
44%
63%
34%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
42%
25%
53%
15%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 24 13.8%
Grade 1 15 8.6%
Grade 2 25 14.4%
Grade 3 15 8.6%
Grade 4 34 19.5%
Grade 5 28 16.1%
Grade 6 33 19.0%
Total 174 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.0% 5.2% 53.1%
Black 100.0% 93.3% 32.7%
Hispanic 0.0% 1.2% 11.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 97.1% 83.3% 60.7%
Free lunch eligible 96.6% 80.9% 55.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.6% 2.4% 5.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,442 5,108,468
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,263.1 101
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.7% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.3% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.0% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 19.8% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,796 1,969,105
Single Parent Households With Children 11.3% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.3% 88.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.0% 27.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.7% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.6% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.0% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.7% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 16.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 25.2% 13.5%
$15,000 or less 22.8% 11.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,117 $18,668,000 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,210 $3,174,000 8.4%
Staff $953 $2,501,000 6.6%
General Administration $621 $1,630,000 4.3%
School Administration $823 $2,158,000 5.7%
Operation $1,438 $3,772,000 10.0%
Transportation $137 $359,000 1.0%
Other $327 $859,000 2.3%
Total Support $5,510 $14,453,000 38.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,743 $4,573,000 12.1%
Total Expenditures $14,371 $37,694,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,660 $4,986,044,000 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $892 $667,831,000 6.6%
Staff $530 $397,090,000 3.9%
General Administration $319 $238,835,000 2.3%
School Administration $683 $511,541,000 5.0%
Operation $1,140 $853,197,000 8.4%
Transportation $570 $427,092,000 4.2%
Other $285 $213,397,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,420 $3,308,983,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,521 $1,887,249,000 18.5%
Total Expenditures $13,601 $10,182,276,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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