Alexandria Middle School

As a medium-sized intermediate school in Alexandria, Alabama, Alexandria Middle School serves 503 students from grades 5 through 8, run under Calhoun County.

Alexandria Middle School is one of 17 schools operated by Calhoun County, a district that educates 7,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Alexandria Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 11% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alexandria Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) reports that median household income runs about $55,029, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Alexandria Middle School is one of 38 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students).

Alexandria High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alexandria Middle School. On composite proficiency, Alexandria Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alexandria Middle School has ticked down 14%, going from 583 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.