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Athens Middle School

100 Hwy 31 North, Athens, AL 35611 · (256) 233-6620 · Limestone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Alabama public middle schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools

Enrollment
935
Middle
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 508
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
554 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 631333%
Grade 730433%
Grade 831834%
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
43847%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
22924%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
19521%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
121%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
526%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
51%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
48752%
Female
44848%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Athens Middle School→Athens High School
Feeds from
Athens Intermediate School04–05
Based on grade levels within Athens City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
48.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.0%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.

Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Athens Middle School

Athens Middle School's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Athens Middle School this school93559.3%39.1%
Echols Middle School
Northport
73855.1%37.9%
Foley Middle School
Foley
82362.8%37.8%
Thompson Middle School
Alabaster
1,44452.6%55.1%
Oxford Middle School
Oxford
61958.3%44.7%
Florence Middle School
Florence
66355.7%42.5%
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Athens Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Alabama
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.1%#141 of 260
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
27.0%#117 of 260
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.8%#171 of 260
Enrollment
ranked largest first
935#20 of 265
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.5:1#184 of 244
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
67.4%#11 of 246
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
59.3%#127 of 264
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+83.0%#3 of 79
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
935
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-259354819.5:159% (554)
2023-2491151.617.7:159% (534)
2022-2395849.319.4:159% (561)
2020-219594421.8:153% (505)
2017-185112917.6:149% (252)
2015-166072821.7:155% (333)
2010-114712518.8:146% (215)
2000-014542716.8:129% (131)
1990-916933519.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Athens Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 83% (511 to 935); teachers up 66% (29 to 48).

About Athens Middle School

Athens Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Athens, Alabama. The school reports 935 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students.

Athens Middle School is a school in Athens City. The district has 9 schools and 5,405 students.

White students form the largest group at Athens Middle School, 47% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Limestone County residents are about 74% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Athens Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.

The school has about 19.5 students per teacher and 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.

allk12 grades Athens Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

On BeatsExpectations, Athens Middle School is 1.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.

Athens Middle School is located in Limestone County, where median household income is about $83,629, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Athens Middle School is one of 27 public schools in Limestone County, which together enroll about 24,258 students.

The nearest public school is Renaissance Virtual School, at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Athens Middle School is 6th among 7 schools close by.

The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).

The number of students declined from 959 to 935 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 21.8 in 2020-21 to 19.5 in 2024-25.

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Limestone County at a glance

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Population
111,233
Census ACS
Median income
$83,629
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
24,258 students

Quick facts

School name
Athens Middle School
District
Athens City
Address
100 Hwy 31 North, Athens, AL 35611
Phone
(256) 233-6620
County
Limestone County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
935
Teachers (FTE)
48
Student–teacher ratio
19.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
554 (59%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
010012001473
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Athens City
Other schools in Athens
Other Athens Middle schools

3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Athens Middle. Athens Middle School is the largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Athens Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Athens Middle School?
Athens Middle School enrolls approximately 935 students in grades 06-08.
Is Athens Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Athens Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Athens Middle School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Athens Middle School.
How diverse is Athens Middle School?
Athens Middle School reports a student body of 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Athens Middle School?
Athens Middle School is overseen by Athens City in Limestone County.
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