Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5
Northside School, Opelika, AL
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 464
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- Grades
- 3 to 5
This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 16.8. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 601 N 5th St, Opelika, AL 36801
- Phone
- (334)745-9731
- District
- Opelika City School District
- County
- Lee County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 010258000349
School meals
- Free lunch
- 267
- Reduced-price lunch
- 29
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 29663.8% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 230Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Opelika City School District
- Southview Primary School 480 students
- Jeter Primary School 435 students
- Carver Primary School 414 students
- Morris Avenue Intermediate School 397 students
- West Forest Intermediate School 393 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Opelika
- Beauregard Elementary School Lee County Public Schools
- Dixie Elementary School Russell County Public Schools
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.