Summary:
Troy City is home to a single elementary school, Troy Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 6 and enrolls about 1,018 students in the Troy, AL area.
Troy Elementary School is a large school with a clear academic strength in mathematics. In the 2025-2026 school year, math proficiency rates exceeded state averages at every grade level, with 3rd graders at 58% (vs. 46.5% statewide) and 6th graders at 46.73% (vs. 35.2% statewide). However, this strength does not carry over to science, where only 31.06% of 4th graders are proficient compared to the state average of 50.23%—a gap of nearly 20 percentage points. English performance is mixed: the school outperforms the state in 6th grade (62.62% vs. 56.77%) but lags in 3rd and 5th grades. Overall, the school ranks in the 53rd percentile statewide (319th out of 686 schools), a slight improvement from the 50th percentile two years prior.
One of the most pressing concerns is chronic absenteeism. At 19.0%, the rate is 58% higher than the state average of 12.0%, and this is especially significant given that 66.5% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-poverty population. The student-teacher ratio is 18.8:1, and per-student spending is $9,006. Math scores also show notable year-over-year volatility—for example, 3rd-grade math proficiency dropped from 72.66% to 58% between school years—which may point to changes in curriculum or testing cohorts. Since this is the only elementary school in the district, its performance directly reflects the district's elementary education strategy, making it a key school for parents to watch, particularly in science and attendance.
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