Anniston Middle School

Anniston Middle School is one of the compact middle-grades schools in Anniston, Alabama, operated by Anniston City, with 357 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 508.

Anniston City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,821 students. Anniston Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Anniston Middle School records that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 6% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Calhoun County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, Anniston Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 14.2%.

In the surrounding community, Calhoun County reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,029 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Anniston Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Saks Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anniston Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Anniston Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Anniston Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 351 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 91% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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