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What's the most underrated thing about ClayChalkville Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000472
ClayChalkville Middle School
6700 TrussvilleClay Rd, Trussville, AL 35173 · (205) 379-3100 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- FBeats 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
16.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
690 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 294 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 355 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 32% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
30.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
5.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 ClayChalkville Middle School
ClayChalkville Middle School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClayChalkville Middle School this school | 952 | 72.5% | 16.6% |
| Eastwood Middle School Cottondale | 711 | 71.4% | 20.7% |
| Minor Middle School Adamsville | 668 | 76.3% | 14.7% |
| Dothan Preparatory Academy Dothan | 1,034 | 71.3% | 26.5% |
| Goodwyn Middle School Montgomery | 717 | 82.1% | 11.7% |
| Phenix City Intermediate School Phenix City | 1,068 | 63.7% | 34.8% |
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 ClayChalkville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #235 of 260 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #236 of 260 | #20 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #230 of 260 | #18 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #19 of 265 | #5 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #58 of 244 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #169 of 246 | #13 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #73 of 264 | #18 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #70 of 79 | #10 of 12 |
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
952
-85 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 1,124
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 952 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 72% (690) |
| 2023-24 | 1,025 | 59 | 17.4:1 | 64% (657) |
| 2022-23 | 1,032 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 64% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 1,037 | 51 | 20.3:1 | 78% (804) |
| 2017-18 | 941 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 69% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 982 | 48 | 20.5:1 | 58% (570) |
| 2010-11 | 1,052 | 79 | 13.3:1 | 46% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 1,124 | 60 | 18.7:1 | 15% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ClayChalkville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (941 to 952); teachers up 20% (49 to 59).
About ClayChalkville Middle School
Trussville, Alabama, is home to ClayChalkville Middle School, a large middle school. Enrollment stands at 952 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 87% above the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.
Jefferson County has 55 schools; together they serve 35,444 students.
The share of Black students at ClayChalkville Middle School is 79%, a majority. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 42% Black share among all Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
ClayChalkville Middle School lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is 1.8 students per teacher. About 72% of students at ClayChalkville Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 20 points.
Among Alabama public middle schools, ClayChalkville Middle School outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at ClayChalkville Middle School are 14.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (16.6% actual, 31.3% predicted).
For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,388, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 181 public schools in the county, enrolling about 97,401, ClayChalkville Middle School among them.
Of the public schools around it, ClayChalkville Middle School is closest to ClayChalkville High School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. ClayChalkville Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.6% against a local average of 47.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 1,037 to 952. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.3:1 to 16.1:1.
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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 Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Trussville
- HewittTrussville High SchoolHigh · 1,571 students
- Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,338 students
- HewittTrussville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,163 students
- Cahaba Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Magnolia Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Nearby schools
- ClayChalkville High School0.3 mi · 1,377
- Clay Elementary School0.3 mi · 606
- HewittTrussville High School2.1 mi · 1,571
- HewittTrussville Middle School2.8 mi · 1,163
- Paine Elementary School3.7 mi · 1,338
- Pinson Valley High School4.1 mi · 1,025
Frequently asked questions
About ClayChalkville Middle SchoolHow large is ClayChalkville Middle School?
ClayChalkville Middle School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ClayChalkville Middle School serve?
ClayChalkville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ClayChalkville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ClayChalkville Middle School is approximately 16.1:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ClayChalkville Middle School?
At ClayChalkville Middle School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 10% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ClayChalkville Middle School public or private?
ClayChalkville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.