Enrollment
316
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 010144000515
C J Donald Middle School
715 Valley Rd, Fairfield, AL 35064 · (205) 783-6823 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- 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
21.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
275 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 97 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 35% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
C J Donald Middle School→Fairfield High Preparatory School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fairfield City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
21.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
14.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 C J Donald Middle School
C J Donald Middle School's state test result (14.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C J Donald Middle School this school | 316 | 87.0% | 14.0% |
| Robert Brown Middle School Eutaw | 309 | 90.0% | 13.8% |
| Calloway Smith Middle School Mobile | 315 | 90.5% | 24.9% |
| Acceleration Preparatory Academy MOBILE | 322 | 83.5% | 13.2% |
| Tuskegee Public Elementary Tuskegee | 261 | 86.2% | 29.2% |
| Booker T Washington Middle School Mobile | 270 | 92.6% | 18.5% |
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 C J Donald Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #246 of 260 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #209 of 260 | #13 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #254 of 260 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #201 of 265 | #27 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #225 of 244 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #242 of 246 | #30 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #22 of 264 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #123 of 151 | #17 of 17 |
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
316
+33 (+12%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 316 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 87% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 13 | 24.1:1 | 85% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 11 | 30.2:1 | 85% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 84% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 84% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 76% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 91% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 93% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C J Donald Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (329 to 316); teachers down 17% (18 to 15).
About C J Donald Middle School
C J Donald Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in Fairfield, Alabama. It had 316 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Alabama have about 508 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Fairfield City (4 schools, 1,348 students) runs C J Donald Middle School.
Of every 100 students at C J Donald Middle School, about 95 are Black. The school is also 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 42% Black share among all Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at C J Donald Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is 3.2 students per teacher. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
C J Donald Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Alabama public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, C J Donald Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 14.0% actual against 20.8% predicted.
For the population of Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County counts 181 public schools with about 97,401 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fairfield High Preparatory School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, C J Donald Middle School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
C J Donald Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% rise, from 283 to 316. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.7:1 in 2020-21, and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield City
- Fairfield High Preparatory SchoolHigh · 519 students
- Glen Oaks Intermediate SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Robinson Primary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Fairfield Alternative SchoolCombined
- Fairfield Area Vocational SchoolHigh
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield High Preparatory SchoolHigh · 519 students
- Glen Oaks Intermediate SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Robinson Primary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Fairfield Alternative SchoolCombined
- Fairfield Area Vocational SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Fairfield High Preparatory School0.2 mi · 519
- Charles A Brown Elementary School0.5 mi · 296
- Robinson Primary School1.0 mi · 238
- Wylam Elementary School1.2 mi · 399
- Central Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 386
- Green Acres Middle School1.5 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About C J Donald Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at C J Donald Middle School?
C J Donald Middle School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 06-08.
Is C J Donald Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
C J Donald Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does C J Donald Middle School have?
C J Donald Middle School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at C J Donald Middle School?
Student demographics at C J Donald Middle School are roughly 4% Hispanic, 95% Black.
Who oversees C J Donald Middle School?
C J Donald Middle School is overseen by Fairfield City in Jefferson County.
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