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Phenix City City School District

P O Box 460, Phenix City, AL 36868

7,031 Students | 422 Teachers | 11 Schools

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Central Freshman Acad
Central High Sch
Lakewood Elem Sch
Lakewood Primary Sch
Meadowlane Elem Sch
Phenix City Elem Sch
Phenix City Intermediate Sch
Ridgecrest Elem Sch
Sherwood Elem Sch
South Girard Sch
Westview Elem Sch

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

2.5x

White students are 2.5 times as likely to be enrolled in in the gifted and talented program as Black students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

No Native American or Alaska Native students are enrolled in the gifted and talented program, so we cannot calculate a comparison with White students

Discipline

2.8x

Black students are 2.8 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White student suspensions is not available.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 2 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Segregation Index

Medium

Segregation between Black students students and White students is Medium, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district is relatively uneven

Segregation between White students and Hispanic students is Medium, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district isrelatively uneven

Achievement Gap

1.6 grades

Black students are, on average, academically 1.6 grades behind White students.

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 0.5 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

71% Nonwhite Students

67% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

85% High School Graduation Rate

< 1% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

11 students

5% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

351 students

13% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

165 students

2% Students Enrolled in Physics

26 students

4% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

55 students

24% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

349 students

5% Students Enrolled in Biology

372 students

5% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

63 students

< 1% Students Enrolled in Calculus

8 students

< 1% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

39 students

Teachers & Resources

16.6 Students for Every Teacher

29% Inexperienced Teachers

8% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

6 Average Number of AP Courses per School

2.4 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

1 School With Credit Recovery Programs

1 School With Dual Enrollment Programs

10 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

0 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

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State

Students

832 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

12% of all students in this district

1,012 Total In-School Suspended Students

14% of all students in this district

14 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

173 Total Number of Students Who Received Corporal Punishment

2% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

387 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

3.3Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

14 Total Arrests

1 Average Arrests, per School

16 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

1 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.6 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Joe Blevins
334-298-0534
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Joe Blevins
334-298-0534
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Bonnie Burns
334-298-0534
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Central Freshman Acad	Phenix City	76%	74%	Less than 50%	0 Not available	2x
Central High Sch	Phenix City	75%	66%	86%	0 Not available	1.8x
Lakewood Elem Sch	Phenix City	39%	28%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Primary Sch	Phenix City	35%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlane Elem Sch	Phenix City	97%	95%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Elem Sch	Phenix City	79%	90%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Intermediate Sch	Phenix City	69%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.8x
Ridgecrest Elem Sch	Phenix City	92%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sherwood Elem Sch	Phenix City	52%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
South Girard Sch	Phenix City	76%	74%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.3x
Westview Elem Sch	Phenix City	85%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Central Freshman Acad	Phenix City	76%	74%	Less than 50%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central High Sch	Phenix City	75%	66%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Elem Sch	Phenix City	39%	28%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Primary Sch	Phenix City	35%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlane Elem Sch	Phenix City	97%	95%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Elem Sch	Phenix City	79%	90%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Intermediate Sch	Phenix City	69%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ridgecrest Elem Sch	Phenix City	92%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sherwood Elem Sch	Phenix City	52%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
South Girard Sch	Phenix City	76%	74%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Westview Elem Sch	Phenix City	85%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Central Freshman Acad	Phenix City	76%	74%	Less than 50%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central High Sch	Phenix City	75%	66%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Elem Sch	Phenix City	39%	28%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Primary Sch	Phenix City	35%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlane Elem Sch	Phenix City	97%	95%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Elem Sch	Phenix City	79%	90%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Intermediate Sch	Phenix City	69%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Ridgecrest Elem Sch	Phenix City	92%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sherwood Elem Sch	Phenix City	52%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
South Girard Sch	Phenix City	76%	74%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Westview Elem Sch	Phenix City	85%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Central Freshman Acad	Phenix City	76%	74%	Less than 50%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central High Sch	Phenix City	75%	66%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Elem Sch	Phenix City	39%	28%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5 No White students suspended
Lakewood Primary Sch	Phenix City	35%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlane Elem Sch	Phenix City	97%	95%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Elem Sch	Phenix City	79%	90%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Intermediate Sch	Phenix City	69%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.8x
Ridgecrest Elem Sch	Phenix City	92%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sherwood Elem Sch	Phenix City	52%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
South Girard Sch	Phenix City	76%	74%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Westview Elem Sch	Phenix City	85%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Central Freshman Acad	Phenix City	76%	74%	Less than 50%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Central High Sch	Phenix City	75%	66%	86%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Elem Sch	Phenix City	39%	28%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lakewood Primary Sch	Phenix City	35%	29%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Meadowlane Elem Sch	Phenix City	97%	95%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Elem Sch	Phenix City	79%	90%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Phenix City Intermediate Sch	Phenix City	69%	71%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	8.8x
Ridgecrest Elem Sch	Phenix City	92%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sherwood Elem Sch	Phenix City	52%	65%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
South Girard Sch	Phenix City	76%	74%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Westview Elem Sch	Phenix City	85%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.8x

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →