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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

W E Striplin Elementary School, Gadsden, AL

CEP schoolW E Striplin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Gadsden, part of Gadsden City School District. It enrolled 400 students in 2024-25, with 20.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
400
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
20.0
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 17.9. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.0
District17.9
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
600 Cleveland Ave, Gadsden, AL 35901
Phone
(256)546-8616
District
Gadsden City School District
County
Etowah County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
010162000564
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
339
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
33984.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
339Students 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 Gadsden City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Gadsden

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.