Chelsea Middle School

Chelsea Middle School operates as a substantial junior high in Chelsea, Alabama, one of the schools within Shelby County. Current enrollment sits at 831 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 64% above the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Shelby County comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 20,638 students; Chelsea Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chelsea Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Shelby County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Chelsea Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 62.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household income runs about $97,961, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Shelby County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), Chelsea Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Oaks Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Chelsea Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chelsea Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Chelsea Middle School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,063 (now 831). The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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