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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Payne Elementary School, Selma, AL

CEP schoolPayne Elementary School is a public elementary school in Selma, part of Selma City School District. It enrolled 164 students in 2024-25, with 16.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
164
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower than the district figure of 17.8. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.4
District17.8
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1529 N Franklin St, Selma, AL 36701
Phone
(334)874-1660
District
Selma City School District
County
Dallas County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
010297001158
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
158
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
15896.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
158Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Selma City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Selma

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.