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Enrollment
1,058
Middle
DISTRICT 1,037 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER CITY·NCES 010000700337
Berry Middle School
4500 Jaguar Dr, Hoover, AL 35242 · (205) 439-2000 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–12MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Alabama public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
318 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 6 | 307 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 353 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 394 | 37% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
82.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
58.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Berry Middle School
Berry Middle School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Middle School this school | 1,058 | 30.1% | 71.4% |
| Discovery Middle School Madison | 1,054 | 26.4% | 63.6% |
| Journey Middle School Madison | 903 | 26.7% | 59.5% |
| Robert F Bumpus Middle School Hoover | 1,192 | 22.6% | 71.5% |
| Liberty Middle School Madison | 1,103 | 22.6% | 64.1% |
| Pike Road Intermediate School Pike Road | 652 | 25.2% | 63.5% |
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 Berry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #16 of 260 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #15 of 260 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #15 of 260 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #12 of 265 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #20 of 244 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #54 of 246 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #242 of 264 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #81 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
1,058
-84 (-7%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 1,000
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,058 | 72.5 | 14.6:1 | 30% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 1,111 | 71.5 | 15.5:1 | 33% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 1,113 | 75.5 | 14.7:1 | 34% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 77 | 14.8:1 | 27% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 1,179 | 76.6 | 15.4:1 | 18% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 1,137 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 21% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 1,168 | 92 | 12.7:1 | 19% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 77 | 13.0:1 | 10% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,179 to 1,058); teachers down 5% (76.6 to 72.5).
About Berry Middle School
A high-enrollment middle school in Hoover, Alabama, Berry Middle School is part of Hoover City. School enrollment was 1,058 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 12. The average among middle schools in Alabama is roughly 508 students; this school is 108% above that.
The 16 schools of Hoover City, including Berry Middle School, enroll 13,632 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Berry Middle School are White. Other groups make up 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 76% of Shelby County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1 at Berry Middle School, with 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 30%. The average for public schools in Shelby County is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Berry Middle School is A. Compared with Alabama public middle schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Berry Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.4% is 9.3 points above the 62.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Shelby County, the median household income is $97,961, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Shelby County is home to 48 public schools and about 35,120 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Spain Park High School, about 0.3 miles away. Berry Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Berry Middle School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 71.4% against a local average of 66.4%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 84 fewer students in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoover City
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
- Deer Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 students
Other schools in Hoover
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Spain Park High SchoolHigh · 1,472 students
- Robert F Bumpus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,192 students
- Ira F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- Trace Crossings Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
- Deer Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 students
Other Berry Middle schools
One other US public school is named Berry Middle. Berry Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Berry Middle SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Spain Park High School0.3 mi · 1,472
- Oak Mountain High School2.0 mi · 1,648
- Inverness Elementary School2.1 mi · 563
- Oak Mountain Middle School2.1 mi · 1,168
- Oak Mountain Elementary School2.1 mi · 675
- Oak Mountain Intermediate School2.2 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Berry Middle SchoolHow large is Berry Middle School?
Berry Middle School enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 06-12.
Is Berry Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Berry Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Berry Middle School have?
Berry Middle School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Berry Middle School?
Student demographics at Berry Middle School are roughly 58% White, 9% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Berry Middle School in?
Berry Middle School is part of Hoover City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.