Auburn Junior High School

As a sizable secondary school in Auburn, Alabama, Auburn Junior High School instructs 1,491 students from grades 8 through 9, part of Auburn City. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 119% larger than typical.

Auburn City comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,488 students; Auburn Junior High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Auburn Junior High School records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at Auburn Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Auburn Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 62.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that median household income runs about $65,824, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students), of which Auburn Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dean Road Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Auburn Junior High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Auburn Junior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 1,305 students in 2018 compared to 1,491 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 52% over that span.

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