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Enrollment
806
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001563
Brewbaker Middle School
4425 Brewbaker Dr, Montgomery, AL 36116 · (334) 284-8008 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Alabama public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
643 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 255 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 260 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 36% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
25.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Brewbaker Middle School
Brewbaker Middle School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewbaker Middle School this school | 806 | 79.8% | 15.4% |
| Bessemer City Middle School Bessemer | 616 | 84.4% | 13.9% |
| Goodwyn Middle School Montgomery | 717 | 82.1% | 11.7% |
| Minor Middle School Adamsville | 668 | 76.3% | 14.7% |
| Bellingrath Middle School Montgomery | 583 | 87.5% | 8.0% |
| Erwin Middle School Center Point | 585 | 82.1% | 13.4% |
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 Brewbaker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #239 of 260 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.6% | #239 of 260 | #7 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #244 of 260 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #36 of 265 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #114 of 244 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #167 of 246 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #45 of 264 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.1% | #79 of 79 | #6 of 6 |
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
806
-244 (-23%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 998
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 806 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 80% (643) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 42 | 20.5:1 | 91% (786) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 91% (765) |
| 2020-21 | 1,050 | 48 | 21.9:1 | 91% (959) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 41 | 19.6:1 | 91% (735) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 36 | 22.3:1 | 66% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 87% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 1,072 | 56 | 19.1:1 | 61% (652) |
| 1990-91 | 998 | 57 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brewbaker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (805 to 806); teachers up 10% (41 to 45).
About Brewbaker Middle School
Brewbaker Middle School is a middle-grades school in Montgomery, Alabama, reachable at (334) 284-8008. It teaches 806 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 59% larger than the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.
Besides Brewbaker Middle School, Montgomery County runs 50 other schools. The district enrolls 26,958 students.
About 77% of the student body at Brewbaker Middle School is Black. Other students are 20% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 59% Black. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Brewbaker Middle School are from different groups.
On staff are 45 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. About 80% of students at Brewbaker Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 67%.
Brewbaker Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Alabama public middle schools.
Compared with Alabama schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Brewbaker Middle School's results are 10.6 points below predicted: 15.4% against 26.0%.
Census data for Montgomery County show median household income comes to about $59,386, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 31,131, Brewbaker Middle School among them.
Brewbaker Primary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Brewbaker Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Brewbaker Middle School is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 23%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Goodwyn Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Goodwyn Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Brewbaker Primary School0.1 mi · 651
- Brewbaker Intermediate School0.1 mi · 549
- Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School0.2 mi · 550
- Booker T Washington Magnet High School1.2 mi · 492
- LEAD Academy Building A1.4 mi · 358
- LEAD Academy Building B1.4 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Brewbaker Middle SchoolHow many students attend Brewbaker Middle School?
Brewbaker Middle School enrolls approximately 806 students in grades 06-08.
Is Brewbaker Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brewbaker Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brewbaker Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brewbaker Middle School is approximately 17.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Brewbaker Middle School?
Student demographics at Brewbaker Middle School are roughly 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Brewbaker Middle School in?
Brewbaker Middle School is part of Montgomery County.
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