The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in English language arts. The lowest is 50% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Beauregard Elementary School
Beauregard Elementary School is a regular public school in Opelika serving students from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, part of the Lee County school district. The school sits within the Auburn-Opelika metropolitan area, a region whose economy is closely tied to Auburn University and where industrial investment has been steady in recent years. The school itself draws from a community that includes both residential neighborhoods and rural areas, and its enrollment is substantial for an elementary school serving only the early grades.
The student body is predominantly white, with Black students making up a notable share of the population and a smaller but present Hispanic student group. More than half of the students at Beauregard Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that indicates a majority of families are navigating economic constraints. This is a school where the peer environment reflects a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, and the size of the school is large enough to offer grade-level peer groups across multiple sections per grade.
On state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year, Beauregard Elementary’s students posted stronger results in English language arts than in math or science. In both third and fourth grade, the share of students meeting proficiency in ELA was well above half. Math proficiency was noticeably lower, with a modest share of students reaching the proficient bar. Science, tested only in fourth grade, fell exactly at the halfway mark. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s combined proficiency index placed it above the midpoint among the three districts in Lee County. A parent looking at these results would see a school performing respectably in reading and writing but with room for growth in math and science.
Because the school serves only pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no high school programming such as Advanced Placement or career-technical pathways. The academic focus is squarely on building foundational literacy and numeracy in the elementary years. No data was available on chronic absenteeism, staffing levels, or discipline rates, so those aspects of school climate cannot be assessed from the evidence at hand. The school’s civil rights data was also absent, which means information on special education and English learner populations was not provided.
The Lee County district, which oversees Beauregard Elementary, has been studying capacity at its largest high school due to enrollment growth, particularly in the Smiths Station area near Fort Moore. That discussion is about a different part of the district and does not directly affect the elementary school, but it signals that the district is managing growth pressures. Opelika itself has seen steady population increases and recent public investments in a new library and a sports complex, giving the area a sense of ongoing development.
For a family considering Beauregard Elementary, the picture is one of a mid-sized elementary school with a solid showing in English language arts, a need for improvement in math and science, and a student population that is economically diverse. The school operates within a growing district and a metro area anchored by a major university and a large health care employer. There are no programmatic bells and whistles at this grade band, and the missing data on absenteeism and discipline means a parent who values that information would need to ask the school directly. This is a school that fits a family looking for a standard elementary program in a community that is neither rural nor dense urban, with academic strengths in literacy and a clear opportunity to shore up math and science.
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