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Enrollment
432
Middle
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027001859
Bay Minette Middle School
1311 W 13th Street, Bay Minette, AL 36507 · (251) 580-2960 · Baldwin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Alabama public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
267 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 211 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 51% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Bay Minette Middle School
Bay Minette Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Minette Middle School this school | 432 | 61.8% | 34.2% |
| Centreville Middle School Centreville | 440 | 60.9% | 28.1% |
| NicholsLawson Middle School Sylacauga | 446 | 60.1% | 39.1% |
| Charles R Drew Middle School Lincoln | 448 | 58.3% | 52.9% |
| Fayette Middle School Fayette | 318 | 59.7% | 38.1% |
| Southside Middle School Tallassee | 424 | 58.0% | 42.1% |
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 Bay Minette Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #172 of 260 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #146 of 260 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #181 of 260 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #142 of 265 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #59 of 244 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #52 of 246 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #112 of 264 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #83 of 151 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
432
+68 (+19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 432 | 26.6 | 16.2:1 | 62% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 27.5 | 15.8:1 | 79% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 29.5 | 14.8:1 | 78% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 70% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 26.3 | 18.3:1 | 66% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 65% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 62% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Minette Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (480 to 432); teachers up 1% (26.3 to 26.6).
About Bay Minette Middle School
Bay Minette Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Bay Minette, Alabama. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 432 students.
Bay Minette Middle School is one school in a 42-school district, Baldwin County, which enrolls 31,965 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Bay Minette Middle School. Next come 31% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. That compares with about 82% White among all Baldwin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Bay Minette Middle School lists 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.2 students per teacher. The school's 16.2:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 62% of the student body. The 40% average for public schools in Baldwin County is 22 points lower.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Bay Minette Middle School outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Bay Minette Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.2%, compared with a predicted 39.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Baldwin County, home to about 246,989 people, the median household earns about $78,775 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Baldwin County number 51, with about 35,975 students.
Bay Minette Middle School's nearest public school is Baldwin County High School (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Bay Minette Middle School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Bay Minette Middle School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment increased by 19% across 4 years, from 364 in 2020-21 to 432 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Bay Minette
- Baldwin County High SchoolHigh · 940 students
- Bay Minette Elementary SchoolElementary · 814 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Delta Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- North Baldwin Center For TechnologyHigh
Nearby schools
- Baldwin County High School0.4 mi · 940
- Bay Minette Elementary School1.3 mi · 814
- Pine Grove Elementary School3.1 mi · 449
- Delta Elementary School7.4 mi · 228
- Stapleton School10.0 mi · 203
- Spanish Fort Middle School12.4 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Minette Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bay Minette Middle School?
Bay Minette Middle School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bay Minette Middle School serve?
Bay Minette Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bay Minette Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bay Minette Middle School is approximately 16.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bay Minette Middle School?
At Bay Minette Middle School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 4% Hispanic, 31% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is Bay Minette Middle School in?
Bay Minette Middle School is part of Baldwin County.
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